ethics
Call for applications: replacement of members of the Institut Pasteur IRB
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) to which the Pasteur Institute is affiliated (IRB-IPP) is composed of multidisciplinary members and must ensure that it includes scientific and non-scientific personnel, both internal and external to the Institute Pasteur.
We are writing to inform you that the IRB-IPP is currently seeking members who speak French fluently from within and outside the Institut Pasteur with expertise in the following areas:
• Infectious diseases
• Virology
• Genetics
• Pediatrics
• Medicine
• Humanities and social sciences, psychology
• Public health
• Law
• Bioethics
• Collection and reuse of data and samples
• Artificial intelligence
• Research project management
• Scientific communication
• “One Health” approach
• Knowledge of resource-limited countries
• Project financing (grants management)
The workload for members is as follows:
- initial training in the ethical evaluation of projects,
- one meeting per month, on Thursdays from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (in person or via Teams for members who live far away),
- 3-4 projects to evaluate per session,
- an annual one-day seminar (usually in October; to discuss our practices/explore certain aspects in greater depth; it also serves as continuing education).
Are you interested in taking on this role, or do you know someone who might be?
Applicants should send a detailed CV and a letter of intent explaining why they are interested in joining the Institut Pasteur Institutional Review Board (IRB-IP) by Monday February 16, 2026 at midnight (Paris time), to irb@pasteur.fr, copying in irbchair@pasteur.fr.
Applicants who have submitted eligible applications will be asked to attend an interview with a selection committee in April 2026. A training and induction session will be held so that they can take up their role in September 2026.
Please feel free to contact the IRB if you need any further information: irb@pasteur.fr