May 29th, 2018 Gary Henderson has been promoted to the IRB Operations Manager team. We are excited to add his skills to the IRB’s leadership. Heather Jewett has been promoted to IRB Administrator, where she will fill Gary’s former position pre-reviewing New Study Applications. We are excited to add her experience to the Admin team. […]
Read MoreMay 10th, 2018 The University of Utah IRB continually strives to provide information and training to the research community. Additionally, we regularly review our guidance documents to make updates as necessary. This e-mail is intended to give a summary of updates that were made and posted during January-April of 2018. It may also be helpful […]
Read MoreApril 30th, 2018 Annie Risenmay has been selected as the new IRB Associate Director. Sarah has been at the IRB for many years and we are glad to have her expertise and experience as the IRB moves forward with a growing staff and some challenging new requirements. For more information about the IRB staff, please […]
Read MoreApril 22nd, 2018 The Edit Personnel activity has now been restored in ERICA. It has been modified to align with the new model for study personnel roles in the ERICA application. Please visit the Editing Study Personnel in ERICA page to review the Edit Personnel functionality. Please visit the Study Personnel Roles in the ERICA Application page to review […]
Read MoreJanuary 18th, 2018 The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has announced a delay on implementation of the proposed changes to the Common Rule. It had originally been proposed that new requirements and protections be implemented on January 19, 2018. However, a 6-month delay has been put in place and an additional 6-month delay […]
Read MoreJanuary 12th, 2018 Effective January 13, 2018, the ERICA application changes the way it asks for study personnel to be listed. The new model is described on the IRB website, with an FAQ for new and existing studies. Please view the Study Personnel Roles in the Erica Application to review the new model and access the FAQ. […]
Read MoreJanuary 3rd, 2018 Please join us in welcoming our newest Panel 2 Coordinator, Hannah Baley. Please see the Contact Us page for more information about the IRB staff.
Read MoreOctober 16th, 2017 We are pleased to announce that Ann Johnson has formally assumed the IRB Director position as of October 15, 2017. Please join us in congratulating Ann! Dr. Ann Johnson has done an outstanding job as the Associate Director and Interim Director of the IRB and we are fully confident that she will continue […]
Read MoreOctober 4th, 2017 The ERICA system recently experienced a problem with the automated IRB Expiration Notices. We discovered that some studies were not receiving these automatically during the month of September, even though a study may have expired. We have since corrected this problem so that all studies will now receive automated IRB Expiration Notices as […]
Read MoreJune 12th, 2017 We are pleased to announce our two newest IRB Administrators: Annie Huff and Margaret McFarland. We are excited to have them on our team and look forward to their contributions. Please see the Contact Us page for more information about the IRB staff.
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