The University of Virginia is committed to protecting the rights and ensuring the safety of human subjects participating in research. This is done through two separate committees known as the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), both of which operate under the Assurance of Compliance the University has filed with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) as required by law. The Federal Wide Assurance (FWA) number is 00006183 (Expiration date 06/05/10).
The IRB for Health Sciences Research (IRB-HSR) reviews all biomedical studies or medically invasive research conducted on human subjects.
The IRB for Social and Behavioral Sciences (IRB-SBS) reviews all non-medical behavioral human research (studies which are considered medically non-invasive).
Read more about Research Compliance at UVa. >>
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------------------------------------ Decrease in Number of Copies Needed to SIX! The IRB-HSR is now sharing many documents with IRB members electronically. Therefore the number of copies needed from the research team is decreasing. The number of hard copies needed for protocol and grant submissions has decreased from 23 to 6.
Modifications and Continuation Status Reports: Modifications may no longer be submitted with a continuation status report. Modifications must be submitted separately. The only exception to this is a change in personnel. Please see hsr_maintain_ modification.html for additional information on how to submit a modification.
Investigator Agreements: The IRB-HSR now requires the signed Investigator Agreement to be submitted to the IRB with the initial submission. If there is a problem in obtaining signatures from the Department Chair prior to the submission deadline the IRB staff will work with the study team on a case by case basis to obtain the signatures.
IRB-HSR Orientation: The next offering of the IRB's Introductory 101 Short Course will be Tuesday Apri 29th from 8:30 - 12 noon. For info or to registrer, contact Jean Gaare Eby at jmg5b@virginia.edu.
Caution: Keep in mind that any data or documents, such as your research data, protocols or consents stored on the C-drive of your computer will not be backed up unless you do it yoyurself. For this reason the IRB does not advise files be stored on the C-drive.
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IRB-SBS now requires CITI Program for online training
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New Continuation Submission Procedure: The IRB-SBS now requires that continuation submissions be submitted via email. Please see Continuations for more information.
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New SBS forms: Please see our Forms section for new forms, including the Protocol Form, Consent Templates, etc. All new submissions must use the new forms by Oct 1st; however, we recommend if you haven’t submitted yet, take a moment to cut and paste your information into the new forms instead of submitting old forms.
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SBS Submissions: Our submissions section for new protocols has been updated. Check out the new information if you have questions about our submission process.
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SBS Guide For Researchers: Do you have questions about the consent process, writing consent forms, etc? Check out our new Consent guide.
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SBS Drop-Boxes: The IRB-SBS will no longer use drop-boxes as of Friday, Aug. 24th. For more information, please see Mail and Submission Methods.
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