Appendix C - IRB Approval Letter

APPENDIX C: IRB Approval
Survey of Higher Education Instructors to Support the Development of Teaching Materials Based on OPRE Research and
Evaluation: Formative Data Collections for Program Support (0970-0531)

15 April 2020
Shannon Monahan, Ph.D.
Deputy Director for Surveys and Data Collection, Mathematica
c/o MEF Associates
99 Canal Center Plaza #305
Alexandria, VA 22314
RE:

Expedited research ethics review findings for: Survey of Higher Education Instructors to Support
the Development of Teaching Materials Based on OPRE’s Research and Evaluation (Review
#722MEF20)

Dear Dr. Monahan,
Protocols for the protection of human subjects in the above study were assessed through an expedited
research ethics review by HML Institutional Review Board on 15 April 2020.
This study’s human subjects’ protection protocols, as stated in the materials submitted, received research
ethics review approval for one year in accordance with the requirements of the US Code of Federal
Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects (45 CFR 46 & 45 CFR 46.110). You may rely on this
IRB for review and continuing ethical oversight of this study.
You and your project staff remain responsible for ensuring compliance with HML IRB’s determinations.
Those responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 1) ensuring prompt reporting to HML IRB of
proposed changes in this study’s design, risks, consent, or other human protection protocols; 2)
investigators will conduct the research activity in accordance with the terms of the IRB approval until any
proposed changes have been reviewed and approved by the IRB, except when necessary to mitigate
hazards to subjects; 3) and to promptly report any unanticipated problems involving risks to subjects or
others in the course of this study.
HML IRB is authorized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Human
Research Protections (IRB #1211, IORG #850), and has DHHS Federal-Wide Assurance approval (FWA
#1102).
Sincerely,

D. Michael Anderson, Ph.D., MPH
HML IRB Chair & Human Subjects Protections Director
dma@hmlirb.com

cc: Kate Stepleton, Asaph Glosser, Penelope A. Lantz, JD

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