IRB Common Rule Presentation
September 18, 2017
This past January, the Department of Health and Human Services updated
the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Research Subjects, also
known as the Common Rule. These regulatory changes go into effect on
January 19, 2018.
ISR will be holding a session with Cindy Shindledecker, director of the U-M Health Sciences and Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board, which will cover key changes in the regulations, changes to the eResearch IRB application, and changes to IRB business processes designed to address the required changes. A question and answer period will follow. Questions about your specific research discipline are welcome.
Date: Friday, October 13, 2017
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Location: Room 1430 at the Institute for Social Research main building, 426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI
Topics include:
- Elimination of continuing review for most minimal risk research
- Expansion of exempt research categories and changes to review processes
- Enhancement of informed consent information and addition of consent elements
- Requirement for single IRB review of cooperative research