POLICY TITLE: Human Research Protection

Human Research Protection

APPLIES TO:

Faculty, staff, and students conducting human subjects research at or on behalf of Kentucky State University

ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY:

Office of Research and Innovation

Sponsored Programs

Office of the Provost and Vice President of Academic & Student Affairs

Division of Academic & Student Affairs

APPROVED BY:

Kentucky State University Board of Regents

EFFECTIVE DATE:

August 8, 2025

NEXT REVIEW DATE:

August 8, 2028

POLICY STATEMENT:

Kentucky State University (KSU) is committed to the highest ethical principles in the conduct of research and to its responsibility to ensure the rights and welfare of human research subjects. While the Institutional Review Board (IRB) has the authority to approve human subjects research, the protection of those subjects is a shared responsibility involving KSU, the IRB, and all individual researchers.

DEFINITIONS:

Human Subject

A living individual about whom an investigator conducting research obtains (1) data through intervention or interaction with the individual, or (2) identifiable private information.