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Timely information from the offices of the VCU IRB

HRPP leadership and staff want to recognize the invested group of Champions who have agreed to be early trainees of our new VCU IRB system (VIRBs: go-live is 8/7/25). These Champions have met 4 times from May through June for VIRBs training demonstrations. They have raised important considerations on our new system and provided timely counsel in anticipation of research communities potential questions as we move forward with implementation. We are grateful for their assistance and time. 

Our Champions will also serve as department points of contact helping colleagues navigate VIRBs as well as continuing to provide input to the HRPP.

Additionally, we want to recognize the PIs, study team members, administrators and other members of our research community for attending the VIRBs System Overview session on June 5th (79 live attendees), our Initial Single Site Submission Training on June 17th (70 live attendees), and our MOD/CR/MODCR/RNI Submissions Training on June 23rd (30 live attendees). The recordings of these sessions are available on the HRPP Kaltura channel

We appreciate our VIRBs Champions!

Lisa Abrams

Caroline Carrico

Jenifer Chirico

Rebecca Collen

Kory Davis

Robyn Endsley

Rebecca Etz

Ron Evans

Sarah Farthing

Tomika Ferguson

Carolyn Frey

Heather Fudala

Hannah Garner

Pam Jill Grizzard

Serena  Gu

Kelsey Hagen

Tamera Henry

Alyssa Hoekstra

Nicholas Johnson

Lori Keyser-Markus

Danielle Kirkman

Margaret Lessard

Jessica Mason Strasshofer

Pat McCallister

Erica Memoli

F. Gerard Moeller

Maria Mooney

Bobby Moulden

Kyle Narron

Mary O’Connell

Amber Paulus

Mehreen Qureshi

Meghan Reichel

Matthew Ridder

Brien Riley

Angela Ruta

Robecca Scholtes

Melissa Sears

Juel Secosky

Terry Smolenski

Richard Sterling

Stephanie Taylor

Cory Trankle

Benjamin Van Tassell

Linda Walker

Categories Announcements, New IRB System: VIRBs, Transformation Project
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