Regulatory and Ethics

Institutional Review Board

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a committee established to assist in protecting the rights and welfare of human participants involved in research activities.

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is charged with the responsibility of ensuring the proper care, use and humane treatment of animals used in research, teaching and training at UTHSC.

Institutional Biosafety Committee

The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) is responsible for reviewing research activities utilizing recombinant DNA (rDNA) and other biohazardous materials to ensure that UTHSC principal investigators and lab personnel utilize appropriate best practices when performing this type of work.

Export Control

The Export Control Officer provides oversight, assitance, and training to researchers in compliance regarding Federal regulations that govern how certain information, technologies, and commodities can be transmitted overseas to anyone — including US citizens — or to foreign nationals on US soil.

Office of Research Safety Affairs

The Office of Research Safety Affairs promotes regulatory compliance in a manner that attempts to ease the burden placed on researchers, while providing health and safety at UTHSC and in the community at large.

Office of Research Integrity

The Office of Research Integrity is responsible for responding to allegations of research misconduct brought against all faculty and staff members of UTHSC who are involved in the design, conduct or reporting of research.

UT Research Foundation

The University of Tennessee Research Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) separate organization that promotes the commercialization of UT intellectual property, encourages an entrepreneurial culture, contributes to state and regional economic development, and promotes research and education to benefit the people of Tennessee and beyond.