Learn About External IRB Review at the One VCU Clinical Research Teams Meeting
Are you participating in multi-site research that requires external IRB review? Stacy West and John Horigan will be presenting on everything you need to know about external IRB submissions (reliance agreements) at the monthly meeting of the One VCU Clinical Research Teams, on Tuesday, February 11th. Please see below for information on how to join […]
VCU Human Research Protections Program – Winter Closing Holiday Schedule
The Human Research Protection Program (IRB) office will be closed for the holidays December 21, 2019 – January 5, 2020. Investigators remain responsible for reporting to the IRB any unanticipated problems involving risk to subjects or others that occur during this time. To report an unanticipated problem involving risk to subjects or others: Follow the normal procedure for submitting […]
VCU Human Research Protections Program – Holiday Schedule
Thanksgiving Holiday The Human Research Protection Program (IRB) office will be closed for Thanksgiving beginning at noon on Wednesday, 11/27/19 and will reopen on Monday, 12/2/19. Investigators remain responsible for reporting to the IRB any unanticipated problems involving risk to subjects or others that occur during this time. In addition, as always, investigators are responsible […]
Full Board IRB Review Process Change
Beginning with submissions scheduled for review at the November 20th IRB meeting, submissions will first undergo a staff only pre-review process. The pre-review by staff is meant to do three things: Ensure completeness and accuracy of the information provided in the submission before it is sent to reviewers. Provide PIs with an opportunity to make […]
Fall 2019 Patch: Updates to Personnel and the Future Sharing Page
On Friday, October 4th, a patch will be made to the RAMS-IRB system to make updates to the smartform that will impact investigators and research staff. The two main changes to be made in the patch relate to Personnel Updates and the Future Sharing page. The changes made to these pages are described below. We […]
IRB Review of Research Staff Qualifications
Effective August 1, 2019, Principal Investigators are required to list all key personnel on the personnel page of the RAMS-IRB SmartForm. Investigators may add or remove research staff who are not key personnel without submitting an amendment to the IRB. Only changes to key personnel require an amendment. For the purposes of submission in RAMS-IRB, “key personnel” […]
IRB Analyst Job Posting
The Office of Research Subjects Protection is seeking an IRB Analyst. Key responsibilities include: Conducting IRB review of exempt/expedited research and, as necessary, full board research Serve as an educational resource for IRB members, investigators, research personnel, and students Maintain and apply current knowledge of federal and state regulations, research/medical ethics, IRB Written Policies and Procedures, and ORSP business practices. To […]
Updated WPPs Posted
The IRB’s Written Policies and Procedures (WPPs) have been updated online at https://research.vcu.edu/human_research/guidance.htm. Investigators are reminded to use the single PDF document that contains all of the VCU IRB’s WPPs. This single file is meant to serve as a resource to the VCU research community while each policy is individually updated on the VCU IRB WPP […]
New Resources for Filling out the Future Sharing Plan Page
New resources about the Future Sharing Plan page of the smartform are posted on the Help Tutorials and Videos section of the IRB website (from the Researchers page, click the link for Help Tutorials): Webinar Recording This 25-minute webinar (presented by John Horigan and Nina Exner on 4/2/2019) gives a overview of why we created this page and what […]
Job Posting for IRB Analyst
The Office of Research Subjects Protection is seeking an IRB Analyst. Key responsibilities include: Conducting IRB review of exempt/expedited research and, as necessary, full board research Serve as an educational resource for IRB members, investigators, research personnel, and students Maintain and apply current knowledge of federal and state regulations, research/medical ethics, IRB Written Policies and Procedures, and ORSP business practices. To […]