This happens quite often: a researcher would like to apply to a funding agency for a grant to perform a human subjects research study before they can finalize the study methods. But, the agency needs proof of IRB approval as part of the grant application. Can a...
The revised Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (the “Common Rule”) collaborative (multi-site) research provision requires that U.S. institutions engaged in cooperative research conducted or supported by a Common Rule agency must rely on a single IRB...
Beginning September, 2017, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will require that a single IRB (sIRB) of record be used in the ethical review for all NIH-funded non-exempt, multi-site human subjects research protocols in the United States (NOT-OD-16-094). The sIRB...
On January 18th, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and 15 other federal departments and agencies issued a final rule to revise the federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects. The Policy for the Protection of Human subjects, aka the Common...
Gretchen Parker, PhD, RAC, CIP, and Pearl IRB Co-Chair, has completed another article published by Cureus. The title of the article is “A Framework for Navigating Institutional Review Board (IRB) Oversight in the Complicated Zone of Research”. The article provides...
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Written Procedures: Guidance for Institutions and IRBs draft was released recently by the FDA and the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP). This new draft guidance includes an IRB Written Procedures Checklist developed with the...
