We are pleased to announce that the IRB will soon be rolling out an updated Informed Consent Form (ICF) template to support your study submissions. Many of you may remember that we previously offered a consent template but discontinued it some time ago. We’ve heard strong and consistent feedback from investigators and study teams that a standardized […]
Read MoreIRB service is a core faculty responsibility that brings peer expertise to ethical review and helps maintain reliable review timelines. As research activity at the University of Utah continues to increase, maintaining timely and high‑quality IRB review requires participation from faculty in all departments. Some departments with active research submissions have limited or no faculty […]
Read MoreBeginning March 5, 2026, the University of Utah IRB will host office hours every Thursday from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM MT via Zoom. Office hours are on a first-come, first-served basis, and is a space for students, faculty, and staff to ask questions about human subjects research at the University of Utah. You can review office hours information […]
Read MoreThe NIH and HIPAA have guidance and regulations regarding mandatory future use of biospecimens and/or data collected in research that offers treatment/intervention to participants. NIH guidance focuses on ethical considerations, voluntariness, undue influence, and coercion of mandatory contribution of data/biospecimens for future use. HIPAA regulation defines access to and use of PHI in “conditional” […]
Read MoreTo support thorough risk assessment, the IRB is now asking study teams to upload any questionnaires or surveys (including validated surveys) used in studies under the Surveys, Questionnaires, Etc. section of the Documents & Attachments page in their IRB application. This helps the IRB evaluate the nature of questions participants are asked, especially when these […]
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