The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of 天涯社区 reviews all human subject research activities conducted at 天涯社区 to ensure that the proper precautions are taken into consideration to ensure the safety and welfare of the subjects and preserve the rights of those subjects. Human subjects research may not be conducted at 天涯社区 without IRB approval.
To seek IRB approval,聽. If you are a Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) on a project involving another institution and wish to cede IRB oversight to that institution, please complete this聽Institutional Authorization Agreement (IAA) form (PDF)聽and email it to 天涯社区's Human Subjects Administrator, Dr. Joseph van Gaalen (jfvangaalen@fsw.edu).