Navigating the IRB with Community Research Collaborators

Community-engaged research is most meaningful when community members are not only participants but true partners. Building equitable partnerships within the Institutional Review Board (IRB) process, however, involves practical decisions that aren’t always straightforward.

This panel brings together three speakers who see the IRB process from different vantage points. Each will share how they approach collaborative research in their role, what they wish others understood about it, and the strategies that help academic and community partners move through IRB review as a team.

Attendees will leave with practical tips for structuring collaboration, preparing community partners for their role in the process, and obtaining meaningful, ethical consent.

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Panelists

• Cheri Pettey
  Director, Office for the Protection of Research Subjects (OPRS), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Tara Powell
  Professor and Associate Dean for Research, School of Social Work, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Laura Edwards
  Vice President of Home & Community Based Services, Lindsey Communities, Urbana, IL

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Community-Engaged Research Series partners

College of Education · Social & Behavioral Science Institute (SBSI) · Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI) · College of Applied Health Sciences · College of Fine and Applied Arts · College of Liberal Arts & Sciences · School of Social Work · Office of the Provost