The Trinity College Institutional Review Board (IRB) reviews research involving human participants that is led by Trinity faculty, staff, students, or guests, or is conducted on our campus, or uses college data. Our mission is to foster the ethical treatment of human research participants, and to safeguard their welfare, rights, and privacy in accordance with federal and state laws.
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Step 1: Start an online form for any research involving living human subjects. All applicants must answer short introductory questions to determine if your project requires IRB review. Based on your answers, the online form will:
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- allow you to proceed without further review, OR
- ask you to complete the entire form for IRB review.
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The online form requires a Trinity login. Off-campus guest applicants must email irb@trincoll.edu to request review.
Step 2: Read definitions when answering questions on the form.
Step 3: Ethics training online (CITI or NIH), if required by form.
Step 4: Learning tools and templates to complete your application.
To request an modification to a current protocol, please email the administrator at irb@trincoll.edu to request that your protocol be opened so that you can note the modifications you wish to make and submit for review. Modifications may include the addition or removal of personnel, increasing the number of participants, as well as more substantive changes to methods. Some modifications can be approved administratively, others require more in-depth review.
For a renewal of a current protocol, go to the original application and click the renewal link, located in the Options column. This will copy information from the original to a new application and create a link to the original. Make necessary changes to the personnel, or any other section, and click the submit for review button. If research is ongoing, protocols must be renewed every 12 months. The IRB makes an effort to send reminders, but the PI is responsible for keeping track of when it is time to renew. If renewing, be sure to allow time for the review process. A good rule of thumb is to start the renewal process three weeks before the protocol is to expire.
Please DO NOT open multiple tabs or browser windows at the same time in order to click between tabs or windows to copy from the original to the renewal. Instead, grab a PDF copy of your original application and copy and paste what you need from the PDF.
To request Trinity IRB reciprocal approval for a study that has already been approved by another federally-recognized IRB please contact the Trinity’s IRB administrator. You will be asked to supply a copy of your institution’s IRB approval and any relevant documents such as consent forms or flyers.
See Policy Manual for background and details.
Questions? See definitions and learning tools, then email irb@trincoll.edu.
IRB Administrator:
Mark Hughes
Associate Director for Grants and Fellowships
Grants Office
(860) 297-2162
mark.hughes@trincoll.edu
IRB Committee:
Laura J. Holt, Associate Professor of Psychology (IRB Chair)
Laurine Bow, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine
Daniel Douglas, Director of Social Science Research and Lecturer in Sociology
Taylor Ford, LMSW, Statewide Youth & Family Coordinator, FAVOR Inc.
Brianna Halladay, Assistant Professor of Economics
Timothy Landry, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Religious Studies
Kathy Mallinson, Administrative Assistant for Interdisciplinary Science
Reo Matsuzaki, Associate Professor of Political Science
Sonia Cardenas, Dean of the Faculty, VP for Academic Affairs
(signatory official – ex-officio, non-voting member)