Current HARRC Chair
Dr. Leilani Zart, chair
Wartburg Human and Animal Research Review Committee
HARRC@wartburg.edu
(319) 352-8739
Wartburg College promotes ethical conduct of research in all areas and takes pride in the quality of research conducted through its programs. The Human & Animal Research Review Committee (HARRC) serves as Wartburg College’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) with oversight responsibility for all research involving the area of human or animal subjects in accordance with federal and disciplinary regulations.
Does my activity require HARRC oversight?
If you are not using live vertebrate animals or humans as research subjects, then your research does not fall under HARRC oversight and you do not need to submit a protocol.
If you are using live vertebrate animals for instructional or research purposes, then you must submit a protocol to HARRC for your activity. Continue using the vertebrate animals page.
If your activity involves human subjects, then proceed to the checklist in the right column.
| Human Subjects Checklist | |
| 1 | If your activity is not research, then it does not fall under HARRC oversight and you do not need to submit a protocol. Click Here for HARRC definition of research. |
| 2 | If your research involves evaluation of normal education practices, then it does not fall under HARRC oversight and you do not need to submit a protocol. If your research does not fit this category, then proceed to #3. |
| 3 | If your research will utilize already existing data that is either publicly available or cannot be linked, either directly or through identifiers, to individual subjects, then it does not fall under HARRC oversight and you do not need to submit a protocol. If your research does not fit this description, then proceed to #4. |
| 4 | Your activity does fall under HARRC oversight and you do need to submit a protocol. Continue using the human subjects page. |
