To qualify for Expedited review, research must fall into any of nine (9) regulated categories. Expedited categories involve collection of samples and data in a manner that is not anonymous and that involves no more than minimal risk to subjects.

Expedited reviews are conducted by two IRB members. Common examples of Expedited research at MSM are

• Studies including blood samples taken from healthy volunteers,
  
• Studies involving moderate exercise by healthy volunteers,
  
• Analyses of data collected via recordings (such as those taken in the investigation of speech defects),
  
• Studies of existing data or pathological specimens that include identifying information
  
• Linguistic and ethnographic studies, or
  
• Studies involving focus groups.