The mission of the NC State University IRB office is to advocate for and protect human subjects participating in research by working with investigators to facilitate ethical and compliant research. The IRB values beneficence, justice, and respect for persons. We operationalize these values by practicing transparency, collaboration, education and communication with researchers and participants.

We review all proposed research through the lenses of ethics and compliance before it is implemented by NC State University researchers. Our office maintains common sense administrative policies to promote the efficient and effective review of all proposed research involving humans. We educate and train others in practical ethics, legal compliance, and social justice as it relates to research with humans by aiming to minimize risks and maximize benefits. We intervene, when necessary, in research to serve as a participant advocate and an accountability board.