Research Enterprise Newsletter - July 2008: IRB News
Expanding to Serve You Better
The IRB is expanding its number of full-time staff members. Each of the teams will be adding another Protocol Analyst to make sure the IRB review processes continue to flow as smoothly as possible. If you're in the IRB Office area, feel free to stop by and familiarize yourself with the new faces.
From Snail-mail to E-mail
The IRB has revised the Continuing Review notification process with the goal to have it implemented the first week of July. Principal Investigators, study contacts, and faculty advisors will no longer receive paper notifications at 8 and 4 weeks prior to study expiration. Everyone will now receive these notifications via an e-mail sent from the Protocol Analysts. The e-mail messages will include a link for an electronic submission through the DISCOVR-E portal. Once you are in the system, you'll click on "Create Submission," choose "continuing review," and then select the related study. If you have difficulty receiving these or any other e-mail notifications from the IRB, please check with you LAN manager to make sure the messages are not being blocked by any spam/junk email filters.
