The main campus Institutional Review Board (IRB) has issued a revised “IRB Policies and Procedures Manual” effective June 12, 2006. The revised manual includes new and updated information regarding the submission of biomedical research, the departmental review of protocols for scientific merit, definition of minimal risk studies, federal rules regarding prisoner related research, research on students and the use of research credits.
Additionally information includes, IRB Progress Reports for re-approvals and modification requests, Final Reports to close out studies, IRB appeals policy, audits of protocols, and procedures for conducting noncompliance inquires. New forms were also developed to replace previous ones, including the main application form and the forms requesting re-approvals and modifications to ongoing research.
All new or updated forms are dated June 2006. Effective immediately, applicant investigators should utilize these forms when submitting protocols to the IRB.
From July 1, 2006 onward, only these forms can be submitted for review. The previous forms will not be accepted by the IRB office. To review and download the new materials and application forms, please consult the IRB Web site: http://research.unm.edu/rcs/.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at June 28, 2006 04:02 PM