Institutional Review Board

This team leads and manages the IRB staff.

Directors and Operations Managers can answer questions about:

• Any Type of Application Reviewed by the IRB
• Applicability of Fees, and Fee Appeals
• Whether Your Project Needs IRB Approval
• Guidelines, Regulations, and Policies
• General Questions about the IRB
• Help with the ERICA System and the IRB Website

This team manages our front desk and provides support to all of the IRB's staff teams.

Contact the Administrative Support Team for:

• General Questions about the IRB
• Help with the ERICA System
• Human Subjects Training Help (e.g. CITI Training)
• IRB Fees and invoices
• Scheduling Requests, including Events and Presentations
• SIRB Reliance Consultation Scheduling

This team reviews Report Forms, conducts routine and for-cause audits, and manages quality assurance/improvement initiatives for the IRB.

The Quality & Compliance Team can answer questions about:

• Report Forms, Participant Complaints, Unanticipated Problems, Protocol Deviations, Non-Compliance
• IRB Guidelines, Regulations, and Policies
• General Questions about the IRB
• Help with the ERICA System

This team manages board members and conducts all convened board meetings.

The Convened Board Administration Team can answer questions about:

• Convened Board review processes
• Board member recruitment, onboarding, and training
• IRB Guidelines, Regulations, and Policies
• General Questions about the IRB

This team pre-reviews, prepares, and processes studies reviewed by the Convened Board.

The Convened Board Review Team can answer questions about:

• New Study Applications
• Continuing Review Applications
• Amendment Applications
• Board Meeting Outcomes

This team pre-reviews, prepares, and processes studies that qualify for expedited or exempt review.

The Expedited & Exempt Review Team can answer questions about:

• New Study Applications
• Continuing Review Applications
• Amendment Applications
• Expedited and Exempt Review Outcomes

This team handles reliance negotiations and pre-reviews for multi-site research using a single IRB (SIRB).

The Single IRB (SIRB) Reliance Team specializes in:

• Reliance consultation requests
• Reliance agreement negotiation
• SIRB processes
• Applicability of SIRB Fees, and SIRB Fee Appeals
• SIRB/CIRB studies
• Guidelines, Regulations, and Policies
• Help with the ERICA System