Human Subjects

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DSP: Human subjects are individuals whose physiologic or behavioral characteristics and responses are the object of study in a research project. Under federal regulations, human subjects are defined as: living individual(s) about whom an investigator conducting research obtains: (1) data through intervention or interaction with the individual; or (2) identifiable private information.

PVAMU: Individuals whose physiologic or behavioral characteristics and responses are the object of study in a research project. Under the federal regulations, human subjects are defined as: living individual(s) about whom an investigator conducting research obtains: (1) data through intervention or interaction with the individual; or (2) identifiable private information.

Umaine-B: Human subjects are living individuals from whom a researcher obtains data through intervention/interaction with the individual or acquires identifiable private information. Research that uses human subjects must be reviewed and approved by the University’s Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects (IRB). [ORI – Chapter 3]