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 monthly 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.

Please note that protocols must be submitted a week prior to the meeting date.

Spring 2020

Meeting Date: 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, January 7

Meeting Date: 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, February 4

Meeting Date: 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, March 3

Meeting Date: 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, April 7

Meeting Date: 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, May 5

Fall 2020 - TBD

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

Jim May

Faculty - Department of Movement Sciences 
End of Term: 2020
208-885-0355, mayj@uidaho.edu

Travis Paveglio

Faculty – Natural Resources and Society 
End of Term: 2020
208-885-9455, tpaveglio@uidaho.edu

Janice Smith-Hill

Community member - Non-Scientist
End of Term: 2021

Todd Thorsteinson

Faculty - Psychology and Communication Studies
End of Term: 2021
208-885-4944, tthorste@uidaho.edu

Carrie Roever

Community Member - Non-Scientist
End of Term: 2022

Alternate Members

Steffen Werner

Alternate, Faculty – Psychology and Communication Studies
End of Term: 2021
208-885-9241, swerner@uidaho.edu

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

Non-Voting Members

Audrey Harris

Director, Office of Research Assurances
Ex-Officio
208-885-4054, ajharris@uidaho.edu

Jennifer Neelon

IRB Coordinator, Office of Research Assurances
Ex-Officio
208-885-6340, jneelon@uidaho.edu