Acknowlegements

We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the following individuals and institutions that graciously shared or made available experience, knowledge, policies, forms, and insights about their Institutional Review Boards:

• National Institutes of Health at http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines
• The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research at http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/belmont.htm
• Dr. A. Mittal, Regional Manager, The National Institutes of Health
• Bonnie Hedlund, Azusa Pacific University
• Ken Gruber, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• Phillip Glotzbach, University of Redlands
• Harvey Wickman, Claremont Graduate University
• Marilyn Ambrosini, Claremont Graduate University
• Chapman University at http://www.chapman.edu/Chancellor/IRB/
• California State University, Long Beach at http://www.csulb.edu/~research
• Indiana University South Bend at http://www.iusb.edu/~sbirb/index.shtml
• University of California, Riverside at http://www.ora.ucr.edu

It is hereby acknowledged that some information and forms provided by these individuals and institutions were adopted and/or modified to meet the structural and operational models of University of La Verne's Institutional Review Board.