Updated WPPs Available
The IRB’s Written Policies and Procedures (WPPs) were updated as of 1/5/2022 and are now available on the IRB’s website. In accordance with WPP I-1, the HRPP completed a biennial review over the past six months of all the WPPs. See the Summary of Changes document below for more information about the revisions.
Investigator Responsibilities during COVID-19 Pandemic
Dear Members of the VCU Research Community, As we respond to the rising number of local COVID-19 cases, the HRPP is reissuing the following guidance: 1. Continue to work with your Department Chairs, Deans, Building Managers, Human Resource Representatives, and the facility where your research takes place regarding the study’s approvals and permissions for building […]
Updated Consent Templates
Revised consent templates are now available on the IRB forms webpage. The following changes were made: HIPAA authorization language was revised to add an option for naming VCU Dental Care instead of VCU Health as the source of PHI. A new section for obtaining FERPA consent was added to the Social-Behavioral Consent Template. The Exempt Information […]
The IRB Welcomes Sandy Brooks, Director, Human Research Protection Program
The Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) is very pleased to welcome Dr. Sanjur (Sandy) Brooks as the new Director of the HRPP. Dr. Brooks has worked extensively with IRBs, human subjects protection policy, and clinical research. She comes to VCU from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Compliance and Business Integrity, where she was Director […]
Updated WPPs Available
WPP #: XVII-2 Subject Recruitment and Compensation was split into 2 policies due to the volume of content around each topic: WPP XVII-1 Research Participant Recruitment WPP XVII-2 Research Participant Compensation
RAMS-IRB Video: Finalizing a Review
This video demonstrates for IRB reviewers how to finalize their reviews in RAMS-IRB, and view the finalized reviews of others. You can see this same topic covered in the Navigating RAMS-IRB to Conduct Reviews gif guide. (See the Finalizing a Review section.) You can see more videos intended for researchers about RAMS-IRB functions by browsing […]
RAMS-IRB Video: Viewing Changes
This video demonstrates for IRB reviewers how to view changes made to a submission during a review. You can see this same topic covered in the Navigating RAMS-IRB to View Changes Made to a Submission. You can see more videos intended for researchers about RAMS-IRB functions by browsing the RAMS reviewer videos tag. You can […]
RAMS-IRB Video: Viewing Documents
This video demonstrates for IRB reviewers how to view and download documents, including accessing previous versions of documents. You can see this same topic covered in the Navigating RAMS-IRB to Conduct Reviews gif guide. (See documents section.) You can see more videos intended for researchers about RAMS-IRB functions by browsing the RAMS reviewer videos tag. […]
RAMS-IRB Video: Conducting Reviews
This video demonstrates for IRB reviewers how to view and navigate through studies, and demonstrates how to log and navigate reviewer notes. You can see this same topic covered in the Navigating RAMS-IRB to Conduct Reviews gif guide. You can see more videos intended for researchers about RAMS-IRB functions by browsing the RAMS reviewer videos […]
Research Recruitment Advertising and VCU Policy
The VCU HRPP would like to share the message below from Tom Klug with a reminder for investigators about one of VCU’s policies related to research recruitment advertising. Please direct any questions to the Division of University Relations: VCU Brand Identity Office at identity@vcu.edu University Relations and the Integrity and Compliance Office have recently updated the […]