HRPP Toolkit Go-Live
The VCU Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) is pleased to announce that as the next milestone of the HRPP Transformation Project, the HRPP Toolkit will go live on the VCU HRPP website on July 14, 2023. The HRPP toolkit is a comprehensive set of workflows, standard operating procedures, checklists, worksheets, and templates. It is implemented […]
REMINDER: New Tools to Assist with IRB Submissions
PLEASE NOTE: Updated links to Protocol Templates provided 8/30/2023 Protocol templates are required for use effective today, June 1, 2023. New IRB submissions that do not contain a protocol will be returned to the researcher after today. If the IRB submission does not have a protocol provided by the sponsor, the use of HRP-503 or […]
RAMS-IRB Updates with Protocol Launch
Protocol templates are required for use effective June 1, 2023. New IRB submissions that do not contain aprotocol will be returned to the researcher after this date. RAMS-IRB updates to reduce duplication between the submission smartform and protocol will be live June 1, 2023. The system will be more comprehensively updated later this fall – […]
IRB Appointlet Consultations Update
Due to staffing shortages, the Appointlet IRB Pre-Submission Consultation program has been paused. For any questions that cannot be answered with the below resources, researchers can email irbpanela@vcu.edu for additional assistance. Please note, the IRB staff will have limited availability for meetings in order to focus on reviewing a backlog of submissions from recently separated […]
Letter of Collaboration required for research involving the VCU Emergency Medicine Department
Effective March 16, 2023, for any research protocol enrolling patients within the VCU Department of Emergency Medicine (EM) or seeking to utilize EM resources, a departmental letter of collaboration must be acquired by the study Principal Investigator (PI) from the EM research leadership. This letter must be submitted with the RAMS-IRB submission for the clinical […]