Committee Information
The Institutional Review Board protects the rights of humans in research and maintains confidentiality of data. History has demonstrated the need for appropriate oversight, which resulted in the regulations we have today.
Activities that may require IRB review and approval:
- Surveys and questionnaires
- Interviews and focus groups
- Collecting or using data about humans
- Use of human tissues/specimens
- Activities involving interaction or intervention with human subjects
- Data about identifiable living persons when the data is not publicly available
- Data or samples that can be linked to an identifiable living person
See FSH 1640.54 and 5200 for a detailed description of IRB functions, membership and human subjects research.
IRB Meeting Schedules
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) meets at 9 a.m. on the first Tuesday of the month during the academic calendar year and as needed during the summer months. Should you wish to attend the meeting, please contact the Office of Research Assurances to verify the meeting time, date and location. You may reach us at 208-885-6340 or irb@uidaho.edu.
Please note that protocols must be submitted a week prior to the meeting date.
Spring 2021
- January 5
- February 2
- March 2
- April 6
- May 4
Summer 2021
- June 1
- July 6
- August 3
Committee Members
Sharon Stoll, IRB Chair
Faculty - Health Education P.E. Recreation and Dance
End of Term: 2021
208-885-2103, sstoll@uidaho.edu
Julie Fodor
Faculty - Center on Disabilities and Human Development
End of Term: 2022
208-885-6128, jfodor@uidaho.edu
Travis Paveglio
Faculty – Natural Resources and Society
End of Term: 2023
208-885-9455, tpaveglio@uidaho.edu
Janice Smith-Hill
Community member
- Non-Scientist
End of Term: 2021
Todd Thorsteinson, IRB Vice-Chair
Faculty - Psychology and Communication Studies
End of Term: 2023
208-885-4944, tthorste@uidaho.edu
Russell Baker
Faculty – Department of Movement Sciences
End of Term: 2021
208-885-2065, russellb@uidaho.edu
Cassidy Hall
Faculty – Curriculum & Instruction
End of Term: 2021
cassidyh@uidaho.edu, 208-885-9084
Alternate Members
Steffen Werner
Alternate, Faculty – Psychology and Communication Studies
End of Term: 2021
208-885-9241, swerner@uidaho.edu
Kenneth Wallen
Alternate, Faculty – Natural Resources and Society
End of Term: 2021
208-885-7132, kwallen@uidaho.edu
Anne Kern
Alternate, Faculty – Curriculum & Instruction
End of Term: 2021
208-292-1402, akern@uidaho.edu
Joshua Bailey
Alternate, Faculty – Department of Movement Sciences
End of Term: 2023
208-885-1054, joshuabailey@uidaho.edu
Carrie Roever
Community Member - Non-Scientist
End of Term: 2022
Special Members
Joseph De Angelis
Prisoner Specialist: Voting member only for prisoner-related protocols
Faculty – Sociology and Anthropology
End of Term: 2021
208-885-6705, jtdeangelis@uidaho.edu
Dustin Worth
Medical Specialist: Voting member only for medical-related protocols
Clinical Medicine Coordinator – WWAMI Educational Program
End of Term: 2021
208-885-6696, dworth@uidaho.edu
Kristine Levan
Alternate, Prisoner Specialist: Voting member only for prisoner-related protocols
Faculty – Sociology and Anthropology
End of Term: 2021
208-885-1996, klevan@uidaho.edu
Non-Voting Members
Audrey Harris
Associate Director, Office of Research Assurances
208-885-4054, ajharris@uidaho.edu
Jennifer Neelon
IRB Coordinator, Office of Research Assurances
Ex-Officio
208-885-6340, jneelon@uidaho.edu
Arch Harner
Director, Office of Research Assurances
Ex-Officio
208-885-1074, aharner@uidaho.edu