West Virginia University

Student Affairs Evaluation, Assessment & Training

Ethics in Assessment

When conducting research or assessment, WVU Student Affairs requires all staff adhere to Institutional Review Board Guidelines for the Protection of Human Research Participants. Therefore, all principal investigators must complete Human Participants Training. To learn more, please visit

WVU Institutional Review Board (IRB) Guidelines: http://www.wvu.edu/%7Erc/irb/guidform.htm

Human Participants Protections Training (Ethics Training): http://www.wvu.edu/%7Erc/irb/hppwebct.htm

IRB meeting dates and deadlines for quorum review: http://www.wvu.edu/%7Erc/irb/staf_dat.htm