Human Research Protections

Dear Colleagues,   Thank you for attending our Winter QRAM yesterday! The meeting materials have been posted here: https://research.uci.edu/electronic-research-administration/qram/   Please also share with your areas the new instructions on how to subscribe to the CG News listserv: send a blank email to: cg-news+subscribe@uci.edu.   If there’s any topics you would like us to present,…

Institutional Review Board (IRB) Human Research Protections (HRP) HIPAA & Consent Waivers Streamlined Version February 22, 2024 The HIPAA and consent waiver sections of the IRB application have been streamlined. This change will only impact new studies submitted to the IRB after February 21, 2024. HIPAA waiver section was reduced from 14 questions/prompts to 3-5…

Note:  As previously announced in July 2023, for studies that qualify under the non-human subject research self-determination process, a confirmation of registration email will not be sent. Once the protocol is submitted in Kuali Research Protocols (KRP), the study status will remain as “submitted” or “resubmitted.” Why: The confirmation of registration email was creating a…

Note: As previously announced in July 2023, for studies that qualify under the exempt self-determination process, a confirmation of registration email will not be sent. Once the protocol is submitted in Kuali Research Protocols (KRP), the study status will remain as “submitted” or “resubmitted. Why: The confirmation of registration email was creating a misperception that…

Dear Colleagues, Happy New Year! Please save the dates below for the 2024 Quarterly Research Administration Meetings (QRAMs). All meetings are on Wednesdays, 10AM-1130AM. The agenda and zoom info will be sent about one week prior to the meeting. If there are any topics you’d like to hear about (or would like to present on!),…

Institutional Review Board Human Research Protections (HRP) HRP Update: IRB Review Fee: New Rate Version October 9, 2023 IRB Review Fee: New Rate   A Few Facts About the IRB Review Fee:   The IRB fee will increase from $1568.00 to $1850.00.[1]    This new rate impacts protocols approved by the IRB on or after…

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