The Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Participants was established to ensure that all research involving humans as participants conducted at SUNY Geneseo or by SUNY Geneseo faculty and students complies with the highest standards of ethical research practice and with applicable federal and state guidelines. The IRB places particular emphasis on its role in reviewing proposed research with respect to identifying and reducing risks to research participants and to ensuring that individuals who voluntarily choose to contribute to research through their participation do so with full knowledge of the risks and benefits of participating and with respect for their privacy as individuals.