Concerns & Complaints
This webpage is for you, if you:
- Are a research participant and have a complaint about your research project,
- have questions about your rights as a research participant,
- are not a current research participant but would like to offer suggestions about our Human Research Protection Program,
- are a member of the research community with concerns or would like to report possible non-compliance,
- or would like to obtain more information.
Get in Touch
- Contact the IRB Office at (312) 503-1376 or IRBCompliance@northwestern.edu.
- Find individual IRB Office contact information on our Contact Us page.
- File an anonymous complaint of noncompliance using the EthicsPoint website. EthicsPoint is a secure service for the research and academic community that allows the reporter to remain anonymous while reporting possible noncompliance to relevant institutional officials, and receive feedback from those same officials.