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HRPP/IRB Guidance for January 2025 Winter Storm/Water Outage

Human research community, VCU continues to monitor the water outage impacting our region as well as the predicted second winter storm.  While the new VCU HRPP toolkit includes templates and resources supporting more nimble approaches, some IRB-approved protocols may be impacted.  Please refer to the following resources for guidance in determining what must be reported […]

Navigating RAMS-IRB to Save a Backup of the RAMS-IRB SmartForm/Protocol

This RAMS Gif Guide is intended for researchers and research teams using the RAMS-IRB system to manage IRB submissions. This guide will walk users through the process of saving a PDF version of the RAMS-IRB SmartForm/Protocol. Investigators and study teams are encouraged to regularly download a copy of the RAMS-IRB SmartForm/Protocol for each of their […]