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Office for the Protection
of Research Subjects
4505 Maryland Pkwy
Box 451047
Las Vegas, NV 89154-1047
Phone: (702) 895-2794
Toll free: (877) 895-2794
Fax: (702) 895-0805
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The Office for the Protection of Human Subjects

The OPRS safeguards the rights and welfare of human research subjects for research conducted by UNLV researchers. To this end, the OPRS is obligated and authorized to support the UNLV Social Behavioral Sciences and Biomedical Sciences Institutional Review Boards to:

  • Ensure that subjects are adequately informed of the nature of the study;
  • Ensure that subjects participation is voluntary;
  • Ensure that the benefits of a study outweigh its risks
  • Ensure that the risks and benefits of the study are evenly distributed among the possible subject populations, and
  • Suspend human subjects activity that violates regulations, policies, procedures, or an approved protocol, and report such violation and suspension to the Assistant Vice President for Research Services
 What's New

The Office for the Protection of Research Subjects (OPRS) office has moved. Our office is now located in FDH 328. All other contact information remains the same.

CyberIRB® is here! See the CyberIRB® website for additional information. See below for workshop schedule.

OPRS Newsletters
July 2008 – Navigating the IRB Review Process (PDF)
August 2008 – CyberIRB® Electronic Protocol Submission and IRB Decisions
Sept. 2008 - The Informed Consent Process
October 2008 - The Informed Consent Process - Part 2

OPRS Open House
Researchers bring protocol specific questions to be addressed by OPRS staff.

Workshops
Researchers attend to learn about OPRS/IRB related topics.

Open House and Workshop Calendar page

CITI Online Tutorial for the Protection of Human Subjects
As of January 2005 CITI (http://www.citiprogram.org) is the only human subject researcher ethics training accepted with a new submittal, modification or continuing review package. Click here to learn more about CITI.