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Erin Iturriaga

Erin is chief of the Health Research Development Programs Branch in the Division of Research Capacity Building. She oversees the IDeA Clinical and Translational Research programs and manages a portfolio of CTR-N and NARCH grants in her Branch.

New Tribal Institutional Review Board Establishment and Enhancement (TIRBEE) Program and Upcoming Webinar

October 3, 2024

UPDATE: The video from this webinar is now available.

We’re pleased to announce that the notice of funding opportunity for the Tribal Institutional Review Board Establishment and Enhancement (TIRBEE) program has been published (PAR-24-260). TIRBEE supports federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribes, Tribal colleges and universities, Tribal health programs, or Tribal organizations to establish institutional review boards (IRBs) or enhance the capacity of existing Tribal IRBs. The program seeks to give Tribes greater autonomy over their own research processes and is part of the response to needs identified through a formal Tribal consultation [PDF] NIGMS conducted in 2021.

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