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Which IRB do you submit to?

Faculty, staff, and students at the University of Florida, Shands Healthcare, or the North Florida/South Georgia Veteran's Health System must receive approval for any Human Subjects Research from a UF IRB before conducting the research. You must have a formal affiliation with one of these entities to submit your research to a UF IRB. There are four IRBs affiliated with UF - which one should you submit to?

IRB-01
Gainesville HSC
http://irb.ufl.edu/irb01/
 
Types of Research Reviewed: All, including broad category of 'Medical' research, regardless of funding.
Accepts Research from:
1. UF Gainesville Health Science Center faculty, staff, or students (regardless of where the research is being conducted in the United States).
2. UF Jacksonville Health Science Center faculty, staff, or students conducting research at the Gainesville HSC or using Gainesville HSC facilities, resources, or patients.
3. UF Campus faculty, staff, or students (primarily if the research involves HIPAA or the Gainesville HSC facilities).
4. Shands Healthcare staff.
5. North Florida/South Georgia Veteran's Health System staff.
Does not accept:
1. Research from individuals or entities who are not employed/students at UF, Shands, or the NF/SGVHS.
2. Research conducted outside the United States, unless an exception is granted.
3. Research previously approved and conducted under another UF IRB.
4. Research previously disapproved by another UF IRB.

 

IRB-02
Gainesville Campus
http://irb.ufl.edu/irb02/index.html
 
Types of Research Reviewed: Limited to social, behavioral, educational research and other studies that involve survey research.
Accepts Research from:
1. UF Campus faculty, staff, or students.
2. UF Gainesville Health Science Center faculty, staff, or students provided the research does not involve Protected Health Information as defined by HIPAA.
Does not accept:
1.

If any component of the research involves:

- Drug and device clinical trials.
- Other treatment related projects (surgical, physical therapy, etc).
- Tissue/Data Banks.
- Research that utilizes VA employees, facilities, resources or patients.
- Research that uses or discloses Protected Health Information (PHI) from a covered entity, which requires compliance with HIPAA privacy regulations. Are you unsure if your project is covered by HIPAA? Contact Linda Kephart Fallon at 846-1710 or lfallon@ufl.edu.
2. Research from individuals or entities who are not employed/students at UF, Shands, or the NF/SGVHS.
3. Research from UF Jacksonville Health Science Center faculty, staff, or students.
4. Research from North Florida/South Georgia Veteran's Health System staff.
5. Research from Shands Healthcare staff.
6. Research previously approved and conducted under another UF IRB.
7. Research previously disapproved by another UF IRB.

IRB-03
Jacksonville HSC
http://www.hscj.ufl.edu/irb/
 
Types of Research Reviewed: All, including broad category of 'Medical' research, regardless of funding.
Accepts Research from:
1 UF Jacksonville Health Science Center faculty, staff, or students (regardless of where the research is being conducted).
2 UF Gainesville Health Science Center faculty, staff, or students conducting research at the Jacksonville HSC or using JacksonvilleHSC facilities, resources, or patients.
3 Shands Healthcare staff.
Does not accept:
1 Research from individuals or entities who are not employed/students at UF, Shands, or the NF/SGVHS.
2 Research conducted by Gainesville faculty/staff/students that does not include Jacksonville as a site.
3 Research from North Florida/South Georgia Veteran's Health System staff .
4 Research that utilizes VA employees, facilities, resources or patients.
5 Research previously approved and conducted under another UF IRB.
6 Research previously disapproved by another UF IRB.

 

IRB-04 - aka WIRB
http://irb.ufl.edu/wirb/
 
Types of Research Reviewed: Limited to industry sponsored trials involving FDA regulated drugs or devices.  Required for COM faculty and staff, recommended for other colleges.
Accepts Research from:
1. UF Gainesville Health Science Center faculty, staff, or students, including research conducted outside the United States.
2. UF Jacksonville Health Science Center faculty, staff, or students.
Does not accept:
1. Research from individuals or entities who are not employed/students at UF but are seeking to do research in affiliation with UF.
3. Research from North Florida/South Georgia Veteran's Health System staff .
4. Research that utilizes VA employees, facilities, resources or patients.
5. Research from Shands Healthcare staff.
6. Research previously approved and conducted under another UF IRB.
7. Research previously disapproved by another UF IRB.

NOTE: WIRB is the ONLY central IRB that UF researchers may submit their research to. Not only does UF have a contract with WIRB, but WIRB is also listed on UF's Federal Wide Assurance (FWA) with the federal Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP). Sometimes sponsors have received approval for their research at a different central IRB and ask if you can use that one instead of WIRB. As indicated, other IRBs are not listed on UF's FWA and thus cannot be used.

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