About IRBs The UCLA Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) are required by federal regulations to review all human subjects research activities conducted for which: (1) the conduct or recruitment of the research involves UCLA resources (property, facility or funding, including extramural funds administered by UCLA); (2) the research is conducted by or under the direction of any employee, student or agent of UCLA in connection with his or her institutional responsibilities; (3) the research is conducted by or under the direction of any employee, student or agent of UCLA using any property or facility of UCLA; or (4) the research involves the use of UCLA's non-public information to identify or contact human research subjects or prospective subjects. Under its Federalwide Assurance (FWA) with the Department of Health and Human Services/Office of Human Research Protections (DHHS/OHRP), UCLA assures the government and the public that it will comply with federal regulations for the protection of human research subjects. The function of the IRBs is to ensure adherence to all federal, state, local, and institutional regulations concerning the protection of human subjects in research. UCLA IRB review is required for both funded and non-funded human subjects research. UCLA has five IRBs which review research involving human subjects:
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