IRB News 2012

12/14/2012: Update: IRB-01 Mandatory Training

We have experienced some unexpected issues with importing the CITI results into myUFL and have been working with HR Training and the PeopleSoft team to reconcile the issues. We believe the issues have been reconciled, although there is still some public confusion about the training. First Our Training page (/education/trainreq.htm) discusses the training requirements and...

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11/29/2012: Reminder: Mandatory Training

11/29/2012: Reminder: Mandatory Training Reminder: effective January 07, 2013 mandatory training goes into effect for research conducted at IRB-01. This training will be required for all study staff listed on any new projects submitted on or after that date. The announcement about mandatory training was initially sent out by the VP for Research, Dr. David...

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11/08/2012: New Addendum for Department of Defense funded research

11/08/2012: New Addendum for Department of Defense funded research IRB-01 has added a new Addendum (U) to cover the requirements related to studies funded by the Department of Defense (DoD). Addendum U must be completed for all new studies that are funded by the DoD. myIRB will soon be updated to incorporate this in the...

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11/02/2012: Mandatory Training for IRB-01

11/02/2012: Mandatory Training for IRB-01 The following announcement was sent out via email to IRBMAIL-L@lists.ufl.edu and DDD-L@lists.ufl.edu on Wednesday October 31th, 2012. DATE: October 31, 2012 TO: Deans, Directors and Department Chairs FROM: Dr. David Norton, Vice President for Research SUBJECT: Mandatory Human Subject Researcher Training Effective January 7, 2013, the IRB education requirements must...

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10/29/2012: Effective 11/15/12 Supervisor Sign Off no longer required by IRB-01 after November 15, 2012

10/29/2012: Effective 11/15/12: Supervisor Sign Off no longer required by IRB-01 after November 15, 2012. The following announcement was sent out via email to IRBMAIL-L@lists.ufl.edu and DDD-L@lists.ufl.edu on Monday October 29th, 2012. DATE: October 29, 2012 TO: Deans, Directors and Department Chairs FROM: Dr. R. Peter Iafrate, Chairman of Internal Review Board-01, Dr. David Norton,...

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08/01/2012: myIRB Deadline

08/01/2012: myIRB Deadline Today’s the day! All new exempt and nonhuman studies must now be submitted via myIRB. Starting 09/01/12 all new expedited studies must also be submitted via myIRB. If you haven’t already, please: Register yourself as a user. Complete your HIPAA for Researcher training. Access myIRB via: /myIRB/index.html If you are trying to...

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07/09/2012: Accessing myIRB outside the Gainesville HSC

07/09/2012: Accessing myIRB outside the Gainesville HSC myIRB resides on a server inside the HSC computer network. Researchers accessing myIRB from a computer in the HSC computer network can directly access the site at https://my.irb.ufl.edu/uflirb/. However, the HSC network is protected and can only be accessed by computers outside the HSC by using a VPN...

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06/05/2012: Banking Studies

06/05/2012: Banking Studies To the research community: As of July 1, 2012, the IRB-01 will no longer accept banking addendums attached to a primary study, if that bank is to be located at UF\Shands\VAMC. In its place, you must submit a separate “banking” proposal Introductory Questionnaire for Tissue/Data Banks with a separate “banking” consent Short...

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05/05/2012: myIRB

05/05/2012: myIRB We are pleased to announce that earlier this week IRB-01 approved the very first study in myIRB! Special thanks to Dr. Rhoton, Dr. Friedman, and the Neurosurgery team for working closely with us to take this momentous first step. At this point we’d like to invite our UF research community to do the...

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05/05/2012: Training Requirement

05/05/2012: myIRB We are pleased to announce that earlier this week IRB-01 approved the very first study in myIRB! Special thanks to Dr. Rhoton, Dr. Friedman, and the Neurosurgery team for working closely with us to take this momentous first step. At this point we’d like to invite our UF research community to do the...

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01/17/2012: IRB-01 Office Closure

01/17/2012: IRB-01 Office Closure

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01/05/2012: Change in IRB Policy : Addendum A and Continuing Review

01/05/2012: Change in IRB Policy : Addendum A and Continuing Review Last October IRB-01 announced a change in Addendum A requiring investigators to list the roles/functions of all study staff. This announcement (/docs/addaannounce.pdf) included the implementation plan for submitting the new version of Addendum A and became required on 12/01/2011. During our first month of...

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