Welcome to the
Office of Human Research Protection Programs and
Institutional Review Board
OHRPP ANNOUNCEMENTS and NEWS |
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ANNOUNCEMENT: IMPORTANT CHANGES TO THE OVERSIGHT PROCESS FOR EXEMPT STUDIES OFFICE NAME CHANGE: The Office of Human Research Protection Programs (OHRPP) is the new name of the Human Subjects Committee. This change reflects a focus in the profession emphasizing human research participants, and to differentiate between the Office per se, and the Institutional Review Board which is the entity responsible for reviewing and approving reserach protocol.
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Pursuant to federal law and University policy, all research involving human subjects, conducted by IUB investigators, must be reviewed and approved by an IU IRB. In most cases this will be the Bloomington Institutional Review Board (IRB). (see Location of Review for details) These policies and procedures are designed to provide an efficient avenue for the processing of applications. The smooth flow of applications is the only way to ensure that each research protocol is provided the level of review it deserves. Cooperation by faculty, students and with OHRPP staff and with the Committee is essential if we are to comply with federal, state and University regulations. The Office staff and Committee members recognize that the federal regulations and our interpretations of the regulations can be daunting to an investigator on first encounter. The Office staff and Committee members will provide whatever assistance it can to investigators or departments to explain our procedures and to secure compliance with a minimum of delay or disruption of research.
We welcome suggestions for improvement of the
information that is provided here. Feel free to send
an e-mail message.
The OHRPP is located at the Carmichael Center L03, 530 E.
Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47408, 812/855-3067,
iub_hsc@indiana.edu. Office hours are 8-12 and 1-5, M-F.
Office staff are: Carey L. Conover, Director, Office of Human Research Protection Programs; Senta K. Baker, Assistant Director; Ryan T. Merckle, Research
Risk Coordinator; and Sharon Nejfelt, Office Services Coordinator.
-- About the application process
- full
- expedited
- exempt
- Human Subjects tutorial and test
- NIH requirements
- research participant / human subject
- research
- non-research
- existing data
- risk
- sponsorship of applications
- follow-up
- file maintenance
- Interactive PDF forms
* Documentation of Review and Approval
- Download Paper forms
- Instructions for Exempt Level Consenting Process
* Application Packet (exempt, expedited, full reviews)
* Continuing Reveiw
* Disseration Form (does not apply to all dissertations)
- waiver of consent
- translated consent forms
- minors
- students in Indiana public schools
- persons with mental disabilities
- secondary data sources
- deception
- web based studies
Operations and Procedures of OHRPP
- Policy Revision: minor changes to previously approved protocol
- review schedule
- commencement of research
- recruitment (advertising, phone scripts, follow-ups)
- compensation
- information mining from the internet (Facebook, My Space, etc.)
- submission process
- help with process
- approval process
- amendments
- continuing reviews
- adverse events
- record keeping
- credit
- use of researcher's students as participants / subjects
Prisoners as Research Participants / Subjects
- Non-IU Researchers
- IU Researchers
