Careers in Quality

Northwestern University's IRB Office is rapidly expanding and is bolstering its infrastructure with additional staff positions to increase headcount.  Under general direction of the Office for the Protection of Research Subjects/Institutional Review Board (OPRS/IRB) manager, the IRB Sr. Analyst is responsible for the  oversight of the daily activities of the OPRS/IRB; organizes and manages the confidential institutional review and approval process of complex research activities involving human subjects to protect their safety, rights, and welfare;  plans, organizes, and implements the IRB program for researchers, external researchers and sponsors; initiates and applies new procedures as necessary to ensure that IRB panels operate at optimum effectiveness and effi