The Institutional Review Entity (IRE) reviews any research or work conducted at, or on behalf of the University of Virginia that involves one of the 15 agents or toxins* and any categories of experiments designated as Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) by the United States Government Policy for Institutional Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use Research of Concern or DURC.
DURC is life sciences research that, based on current understanding, can be reasonably anticipated to provide knowledge, information, products, or technologies that could be directly misapplied to pose a significant threat with broad potential consequences to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, material, or national security.
The IRE will ensure that all research involving the acquisition, use, handling storage and disposal of DURC materials is reviewed for DURC potential. Furthermore, the committee is responsible for reviewing all proposed research subject to DURC conducted by faculty, staff, students and/or visiting scientists, creating draft mitigation plans when required, and submitting these plans to the United States Government (USG) agency funding the proposed research. If the research is non-Federally funded the plan is submitted to NIH for review or referral. The IRE will also annually review active mitigation plans, and report any changes in DURC or mitigations plans to the appropriate USG agency within 30 days.
If you would like to attend a meeting, please contact Paul Skoglund at ps5d@virginia.edu or 434-243-0726, by the date the Registration Documents are due.
Date of IRE Meeting | Date Registration (Progress reports) Documents are due |
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January 3rd, 2023 | December 19th, 2022 |
February 7th, 2023 | January 25th, 2023 |
March 7th, 2023 | February 22nd, 2023 |
April 4th, 2023 | March 22nd, 2023 |
May 2nd, 2023 | April 19th, 2023 |
June 6th, 2023 | May 24th, 2023 |
July 6th, 2023 (Thursday) | June 21st, 2023 |
August 1st, 2023 | July 19th, 2023 |
September 5th, 2023 | August 23rd, 2023 |
October 3rd, 2023 | September 20th, 2023 |
November 9th, 2023 (Thursday) | October 25th, 2023 |
December 5th, 2023 | November 15th, 2023 |
January 4rd, 2024 (Thursday) | December 18th, 2023 |
Prof. Glynis L. Kolling
IRE Chair
Research Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
434-982-6267
Marie Burdick
IRE Member
Principal Scientist
Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
434-243-7363
Prof. Matthew Crawford
IRE Member
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Infectious Disease
434-924-5267
Jennifer Kershner
UVA Biosafety Officer
Alternate Responsible Official (Select Agents)
434.982.4911
Tom Leonard
IRE Member
Responsible Official (Select Agents)
Director - Environmental Health & Safety
434.982.4911
Raphael Malbrue
IRE Member
Director - Center for Comparative Medicine
434.924.5058
Prof. Aaron L. Mills
IRE Member
Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences
434-924-0564
Prof. Brett Moreau
IRE Member
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Infectious Disease
434-243-2764
Prof. Ira Schulman
IRE Member
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology
434-924-5682
Prof. Scott Vande Pol
IRE Member
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
434-924-1603
Paul Skoglund
IRE Coordinator
434-243-0726