Our online office hours pilot was a success, thanks to all of you who have joined us! We’ve received great feedback and are excited to continue offering virtual office hours going forward. Whether you have questions about submissions, policies, or processes, we’re here to help. You can register for office hours on our website.
Read MoreIf you’re applying for grant funding, you may be asked to provide certification of IRB approval before the Notice of Award (NOA) will be released. This requirement may mean that you need IRB approval before you have your funding and/or before your study is fully developed. Recently the IRB has heard from multiple researchers across […]
Read MoreThe Clinical Research Support Office (CRSO) would like to share a friendly reminder and clarification about the required process for using MyChart as a recruitment tool and contacting potential research participants. Recently, there has been an increase in concerns raised to the Research Participant Advocate Office regarding how individuals are identified and contacted for studies. […]
Read MoreEffective July 1, 2026, the IRB will be increasing fees for new industry-sponsored studies. The updated fee schedule will affect new study, amendment, continuing review, and final project report applications submitted on or after that date. For all industry-sponsored studies initially submitted before July 1, 2026, we will invoice based on the previously-assigned fee schedules […]
Read MoreWe 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 MoreSpanish is the second-most common language spoken in the state of Utah. Approximately 10 percent of people in the state of Utah and 14 percent of people in Salt Lake County speak Spanish at home. Currently, the University of Utah IRB requires the inclusion of Spanish-speaking individuals in research on a case-by-case basis. At the […]
Read MoreIn October 2022, the University of Utah IRB approved a policy change which allowed the IRB to grant general approval of a standard short form document. This change was intended to streamline the procedure for approval of short form documents and relieve administrative burden. When is a short form used? The short form consent process is a […]
Read MoreThe IRB and Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) have initiated a new requirement for Annual HRPP Progress Updates in the ERICA system. The purpose of the Annual HRPP Progress Update is to receive study status information for studies that do not require the traditional continuing review. This means that all active,open studies without an expiration date […]
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