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New: If you intend to submit a non-human or exempt study, you might be eligible for an instant auto-determination without submitting a study to the IRB. To get an instant determination, please use the non-human/exempt auto-determination tool. If the study is eligible for non-human exempt auto-determination, you will have an instant approval to begin the project. If the study is not eligible for the auto-determination (which is evident almost immediately after answering a few short yes/no questions), you’ll need to submit it through myIRB.

 

The University of Florida Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) are charged with protecting the rights and welfare of participants in clinical trials and other human subjects research studies. UF IRBs review research involving human subjects to ensure the welfare and rights of research participants are protected as mandated by federal and state laws, local policies, and ethical principles. Faculty, staff, and students at the University of Florida, UF Health, and/or the North Florida/South Georgia Veteran’s Health System (NF/SGVHS) must receive approval for any human subjects research from a UF IRB or have a certificate of exemption before conducting the research. This includes research conducted off-site by University faculty and staff when acting as University employees or in connection with their University affiliation. This web site is aimed at any University of Florida faculty members, students, and/or staff members who conduct research with human subjects or assists in such studies. UF IRBs only review research from researchers who have a formal affiliation with UF, UF Health, or the NF/SGVHS.

 

Please submit your research to the relevant IRB Office below:

IRB 01 — Gainesville HSC

IRB 01

Gainesville HSC

Peter Iafrate, Pharm.D, Chair

Office

Voice: (352) 273-9600

Fax: (352) 273-9614

Email: IRB Email

Web: /irb01.html

Types of Research Reviewed

This IRB accepts and reviews all protocols submitted including the broad category of ‘Medical’ research, regardless of funding.

Accepts Research From

  • UF Gainesville Health Science Center faculty, staff, or students regardless of where in the US the research is being conducted.
  • UF Jacksonville Health Science Center faculty, staff or students using Gainesville HSC employees, facilities, resources, or patients.
  • UF Campus faculty, staff, or students (primarily if the research involves HIPAA or the HSC facilities).
  • UF Health staff.
  • North Florida/South Georgia Veteran’s Health System staff.

Does Not Accept Research From

  • Individuals or entities who are not employed/ students at UF, UF Health, or the NF/SGVHS.
  • Research previously approved and conducted under another UF IRB, unless authorized by the Asst. Director of IRBs.
  • Research disapproved by another UF IRB.

IRB 02 — Gainesville Campus

IRB 02

Gainesville Campus

Kim Walsh-Childers, PhD, Chair

Office

Voice: (352) 273-9600

Fax:(352) 392-9234

Email: IRB Email

Web: /irb02.html

Types of Research Reviewed

Limited to social, behavioral, educational research and other studies that involve survey research.

Accepts Research From

  • UF Campus faculty, staff, or students.
  • UF Gainesville Health Science Center faculty, staff or students provided the research does not involve Protected Health Information (PHI) as defined by HIPAA.
  • UF Jacksonville Health Science Center faculty, staff, or students provided the research does not involve PHI as defined by HIPAA.

Does Not Accept Research From

  • Drug and device clinical trials.
  • Other treatment related projects (surgical, physical therapy, etc).
  • Tissue/Data Banks.
  • Research which utilizes VA employees, facilities, resources or patients.
  • Research that uses or discloses PHI from a covered entity, which requires compliance with HIPAA privacy regulations.
  • Individuals or entities who are not employed/ students at UF, UF Health, or the NF/SGVHS.
  • NF/SGVHS staff.
  • UF Health staff.
  • Research previously approved and conducted under another UF IRB unless authorized by the Asst. Director of IRBs.
  • Research disapproved by another UF IRB.

WIRB

WIRB

Theodore D. Schultz, Chair

Office

Voice: (800) 562-4789

Fax: (360) 943-4522

Email: wirb@wirb.com

Web: /wirb.html

Please 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.

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

  • UF Gainesville Health Science Center faculty, staff, or students, including research conducted outside the United States.
  • UF Jacksonville Health Science Center faculty, staff, or students.

Does Not Accept Research From

  • Non-therapeutic research.
  • Tissue/Data Banks.
  • Individuals or entities who are not employed/ students at UF but are seeking to do research in affiliation with UF.
  • North Florida/South Georgia Veteran’s Health System staff.
  • Research that involves the utilization of VA employees, facilities, resources or patients.
  • UF Health staff.
  • Research supported by the CRC.
  • Research previously approved and conducted under another UF IRB unless authorized by the Asst. Director of IRBs.
  • Research disapproved by another UF IRB