Collaborative Institutional Review Board (IRB) – Office of Research Integrity and Outreach

The University of Southern Maine’s Office of Research Integrity has two separate federally registered collaborative IRBs: Social Behavioral and Biomedical

At this time our IRB is the ‘IRB of record’ for several institutions throughout Maine and the rest of the country. These institutions include but are not limited to: higher education entities, State agencies, and hospitals.

Such an arrangement would provide access to resources and subject matter expertise without additional cost and perhaps even generate some savings. If you do not currently have a board to review research projects, we would be happy to serve as your reviewing board so that your institution can participate in research otherwise unavailable without an IRB.

If you have an interest in such a collaboration, please do not hesitate to contact the Office of Research Integrity and Outreach!

USMORIO@maine.edu
207-780-4517

The University of Southern Maine has applied to the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Program (AAHRPP) accreditation. AAHRPP is an international, independent nonprofit organization that reviews and accredits an institution’s human research protections program (HRPP).

IRB Member Resources

Human Subject Research Protection Program (HRPP)

Cary Medical Center

Choice Research Associates

Colorado Division of Criminal Justice

Council of State Governments (Ltd) Justice Center

Covenant Health, Inc

Crime Research Group

Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Maine’s 7 Community Colleges

Maine College of Health Professionals

Maine Department of Corrections

Maine Department of Education

Maine Department of Health and Human Services

Maine Maritime Academy

Partnerships for Health

Portland Public Health

Select Medical Corporation

University of Maine at Augusta

University of Maine at Farmington

University of Maine at Presque Isle

University of Southern Maine

Social and Behavioral IRB	Biomedical IRB
R. Bruce Thompson, PhD Chair, Social Behavioral IRB University of Southern Maine	Jenae Limoges, MD Chair, Biomedical IRB Central Maine Healthcare
George Shaler, MPH Vice Chair, Social Behavioral IRB University of Southern Maine	Debra Gillespie, PhD, RN Vice Chair, Biomedical IRB University of Southern Maine
Nancy Birkhimer, MPH Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention	Susan Belanger, PhD, MA, RN, NEA-BC Covenant Health, Inc
Shawn Flower, PhD Choice Research Associates	Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP University of Southern Maine
Joel Gilbert, MHRT/C Maine Department of Corrections	Alexander Clifford, PhD Maine College of Health Professionals
Paul E Johnson, PhD University of Maine at Presque Isle	Ann Curtis, DNP RN Maine College of Health Professionals
Beth Lubetkin, MBA, MS Community Member	Regen Gallagher, DO Cary Medical Center
Peter Miller, RN, CNE Central Maine Community College	Michelle Mitchell, MSocSc Partnerships for Health
Michael Rocque, PhD Bates College	Stacey Mondschein Katz, JD Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Caroline Shanti, PhD, LCSW University of Southern Maine	Kit Thompson Community Member
Julie Simpson, PhD University of New Hampshire
Andrea Stairs-Davenport, PhD University of Southern Maine

USM’s Office of Research Integrity and Outreach (ORIO) is offering to review non-USM research projects as a service to the general community of Maine in an effort to help foster academic and scientific efforts in the pursuit of knowledge.

We realize that for many institutions, it is not practical to maintain a standing review committee, yet their external funding requires formal IRB approval. If you are an institution or individual investigator in need of a review by a federally registered IRB with a federal-wide assurance, we would be very happy to offer our review services to you.

The fee schedule for this service can be found below. If the potential protocol volume is substantial, i.e. more than a dozen projects to review a year, we are happy to discuss a flat annual rate to be paid and not a per protocol review fee, increasing their savings.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at usmorio@maine.edu (207) 780-4517.

Fee Schedule (pdf)

External IRB Review Request (Google form)

Meet the team – typically a Zoom call

As applicable, set up/sign the agreement

Human Research Protection Program

Submitting Research

External to USM and want to recruit USM student, faculty, and/or staff for research (Google form)

–Sample form (pdf) – Policy (pdf)

IRB Review of University of Maine System (UMS) Cooperative Research (Section 601)

USM/Collaborative IRB would be relying on another IRB’s review and approval of your research project (Google form)

–Sample form (pdf)