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Functional foods, dietary interventions, cosmetics, and wellness apps all need ethical oversight. Elemental IRB delivers expedited review from $1,500 with reviewers who understand consumer-health research.
Whenever a study collects data from human participants - even a low-risk dietary survey or a wellness-app pilot - independent IRB review is required to protect participants and make the resulting data credible, publishable, and defensible as evidence-based claims.
Dietary and nutrition interventions, weight and metabolic health studies, cosmetics and personal-care studies, and digital wellness apps covering sleep, mindfulness, behavior change, and nutrition tracking.
Most wellness studies are minimal-risk and qualify for expedited review at $1,500 in 3-5 business days, with full board review at $4,000 in 5-10 business days. Pricing is published upfront with no quote request and no surprise amendment fees.
Yes. Studies that collect data from human participants - dietary interventions, functional foods, weight management programs, wellness apps, cosmetics, and consumer-perception research - require IRB review to protect participants and produce credible, defensible results, even when the intervention is low-risk.
Most dietary, nutrition, and wellness studies are minimal-risk and qualify for expedited review at $1,500 in 3-5 business days. This includes survey research, functional food and beverage trials, dietary interventions, and self-reported wellness outcome studies.
Yes. Human studies for cosmetics, skincare, and personal-care products - including tolerability, irritation, and consumer-perception studies - involve human subjects and require IRB oversight. Elemental IRB reviews these alongside other consumer-health research.
Yes. App-based behavior change, nutrition, sleep, and mindfulness studies collect data from human participants and require IRB review. Many are minimal-risk and qualify for expedited review, and we routinely evaluate digital consent and data-privacy plans for these studies.
Expedited review is completed in 3-5 business days and full board review in 5-10 business days from the point your submission is confirmed complete. Elemental IRB reviews on a rolling basis, so there is no monthly board meeting wait.
Expedited review is $1,500 and full board review is $4,000, with transparent published pricing. Minor amendments and annual continuing review are included; major amendments are a flat $500.