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 | Location | Time |
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January 5th, 2021 | December 21st, 2020 | MR6, room 2501 | 8:30am |
February 2nd, 2021 | January 21st, 2021 | MR6, room 2501 | 8:30am |
March 2nd, 2021 | February 18th, 2021 | MR6, room 2501 | 8:30am |
April 6th, 2021 | March 25th, 2021 | MR6, room 2501 | 8:30am |
May 4th, 2021 | April 22nd, 2021 | MR6, room 2501 | 8:30am |
June 1st, 2021 | May 20th, 2021 | MR6, room 2501 | 8:30am |
July 6th, 2021 | June 24th, 2021 | MR6, room 2501 | 8:30am |
August 3rd, 2021 | July 22nd, 2021 | MR6, room 2501 | 8:30am |
September 7nd, 2021 | August 26th, 2021 | MR6, room 2501 | 8:30am |
October 5th, 2021 | September 23rd , 2021 | MR6, room 2501 | 8:30am |
November 4th, 2021 | October 21st, 2021 | MR6, room 2501 | 8:30am |
December 7th, 2021 | November 23rd, 2021 | MR6, room 2501 | 8:30am |
January 4th, 2022 | December 20th, 2021 | MR6, room 2501 | 8:30am |
Prof. Barbara J. Mann
IRE Chair
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
434-924-9666
Kumari Andarawewa
IRE Member
Associate Director of the Center for Comparative Medicine
434-924-2090
Jennifer Branum
UVA Biosafety Officer
Alternate Responsible Official (Select Agents)
434-982-4911
Marie Burdick
IRE Member
Principal Scientist
Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
434-243-7363
Glynis L. Kolling
IRE Member
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Biomedical Engineering
434-924-5630
Tom Leonard
IRE Member
Responsible Official (Select Agents)
EHS Director
434-982-4911
Prof. Aaron L. Mills
IRE Member
Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences
434-924-0564
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