Institutional Review Board

Message

Ethics is the founding principle of medical research across all of its disciplines. The researchers have a duty of care extending to the patient, professional colleagues, and to the society as a whole. Here, at Dental college, HITEC-IMS, we work as a team to ensure and uphold the integrity of the research and the decision- making process of IRB.

Policy

Will be responsible for guidance, review and approval of research proposals as per standard format for ethical issues before start of any research work submitted individually, through Research advisory committee;
Will keep a record of all proposals submitted for approval.
Will follow up on approved researches.
Will review IRB policies, practices and procedures annually with research advisory committee.

Members of Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Consultant

Dr. Shazana Rana (Associate Dean Basic Sciences, HOD Pharmacology)
Chair IRB

External Member

Dr.Wajeeha Mahjabeen
Incharge Research and Development Unit

Scientific Member

Dr. Maria Rabbani (Assistant Professor Community Dentistry)
Secretary IRB

Non-Scientific Member

Maj. Azhar (Advocate)

Medical Profession

Dr.Beenish Qureshi (HOD Operative Dentistry)
Dr. Aamir Rafique (HOD Prosthodontics)

Statistician

Miss Sumera Inam

SOP's

Record Keeping of Submitted Proposals

Research proposal will be submitted for numbering to the office of Dr.Sadaf Mumtaz, Dept of Physiology, 2^nd floor Basic Sciences building.
After numbering the proposal will be collected by IRB.
The proposal will be reviewed for formatting by IRB. If the format is correct it will be filed in relevant IRB folder. If the format is incorrect the proposal will be returned for revision and resubmission.
IRB meeting will be held on first Tuesday of the month for discussion of submitted proposal.
ION with properly defined meeting agenda will be sent to all members, 1 week before the meeting.
Confirmation of availability of members along with signatures on receiving of ION will be taken.
Meeting will be held in conference room
Record of minutes of meeting will be kept.
Hard copy and soft copy of proposal along with the discussion and final approval will be attached and kept in record.

Follow up of approved researches

The researcher will inform the IRB at the start of the research project.
At the middle of the research process the researcher will be called upon for the follow up meeting.
IRB will assess whether there is any new information that requires revision of protocol.
It will be evaluated whether research continues to satisfy the criteria for IRB approval with special attention to risk assessment and informed consent.
At the end of the completion of the project ,report will be submitted to IRB and research cell.

Flow Chart Ethics Review Procedure

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Flow Chart Ethics Review Procedure	Download

File List

Description	Download Link
Research Proposal Template	Download
Research Proposal PPTX Template	Download
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training	Download
IRB Policy	Download
Ethical Approval Form	Download