IRB Recognizes Departing Members’ Years of Service

The University of Minnesota’s Institutional Review Board recently recognized the contributions of its departing members, whose time, experience, expertise and insight have helped ensure the protection of research participants and uphold the ethical conduct of human research.

The IRB acknowledged its 12 retiring members’ collective 125 years of dedicated service, which these members performed in addition to fulfilling their other professional duties and obligations, both at the U and other organizations. Over the past year, the members’ important contributions were exemplified in their work laying the foundation for a new IRB model that would guide the University in its renewed commitment to protect every research participant, uphold the highest ethical standards and improve the U’s research practices at every step.

Congratulations to the members listed below, who have completed their service to the IRB. An asterisk (*) indicates that the retiring member will temporarily work to support the board’s transition to a new model, helping to ensure its success.

Stay tuned for updates about the IRB’s new and continuing members in a future blog post.