University of New Mexico Human Tissue Repository
A joint project between the Department of Pathology and the University Of New Mexico Cancer Center

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The Scientific Review Committee (SRC)

Members: The Senior Associate Dean for Research appoints the Scientific Review Committee (SRC) to assess the scientific merit of proposals requesting use of archived human specimens. This is in accordance with National Cancer Institute (NCI) Best Practice guidelines. The SRC is composed of voting ex officio members, regular members, and ad hoc members (principal investigators of satellite repositories). Ex officio members include a UNM HTR Director (either the Medical or Scientific Director), a member of the Cancer Research and Treatment Center (CRTC) Medical Scientific Review Committee (MSRC), and a UNM surgical pathologist. There are three or more additional regular members broadly representative of the clinical and research communities of UNMHSC including at least one epidemiologist or biostatistician. Regular members serve a three year term.

Evaluation Process: The quorum needed to decide on a protocol requires a simple majority in support (including voting ad hoc members as well as regular members). 

If no member of the SRC has expertise relevant to the proposal, a subject matter expert(s) may be recruited by the SRC from inside or outside the UNMHSC community to assist in evaluating the scientific merit of the study. This expert will serve as a consultant without voting privileges. For a proposal involving specimens from a source other than the UNM HTR such as an affiliated but separate UNM specimen bank, the Principal Investigator who oversees those satellite specimens will serve as a temporary ad hoc member of the SRC with a vote on that protocol.

Turn Around Time for Evaluation: The SRC is regularly scheduled to review and discuss proposals the third Friday of every month. The proposals need to be submitted to the SRC at least one full week ahead of time to make the agenda. The turn around time for decision averages one month from review of the proposal. Amendments or more information may be requested before approval occurs.