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THIS MESSAGE FROM OHRP IS BEING FORWARDED BY THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH TO ACTIVE RESEARCHERS AT UCI     Dear Colleague:   The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) is delighted to announce a new series of educational workshops entitled:   “Quality Assessment Workshop 2.0:  Focus on

To:                          UCI Researchers   From:                    UCI Office of Research, Human Research Protections   Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), MemorialCare Health System (MHS) and UCI Irvine (UCI) have entered into an agreement that allows human subjects research to be reviewed by one IRB when two or more institutions are engaged in the same human subject

Effective May 1, 2013, the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) Scientific Review Committee will no longer be responsible for the scientific review of research. The purpose of scientific review is to ensure that research studies conducted at UCI have scientific validity, feasibility, statistical relevance, potential benefit to participants and/or to society. For all

REMINDER TO RESEARCHERS – USE THE UCI IRB STAMPED CONSENT FORM: UCI Investigators are required to use the UCI IRB approved (UCI seal in footer) version of the consent form when obtaining signed informed consent (unless the IRB has granted a waiver or alteration of the consent process). To ensure that your research team is

WEB BASED IRB APPLICATIONS – PLANNED SYSTEM OUTAGE Please be advised that on the following days, all IRB web-based applications will be down for a planned system outage. This means that you will not be able to submit an application of any kind to the IRB during these specific days (i.e. a new study, continuing

UCI Human Research Protections – HIPAA REMINDER: The HIPAA Research Authorization form is not the same as the Notice of Privacy Practices Form that UCI Medical Center patients sign prior to clinical care. When HIPAA Research Authorization is required by the UCI IRB (as noted on the UCI IRB approval letter), this specific UC form

Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to announce the July 1st, 2012 UC system-wide roll out of the UC IRB Reliance Registry http://irbreliance.ucop.edu/ , a new on-line application designed to facilitate the approval of human subjects research to be conducted under the UC Campuses MOU. The UC MOU allows human subjects research to be reviewed by

A Short Course for UCI Researchers Getting Started with SAS 9.3 Statistical Software March 19-23, 2012 The UCI Institute for Clinical & Translational Science is offering UCI Researchers a short course Getting Started with SAS 9.3. This week-long course will be held each day from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. beginning on Monday, March 19