HRPP Response to COVID-19

  HRPP Response to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency 

COVID-19 Information for Researchers

Human Research Protection Program March 25, 2020 To: Investigators and Staff COVID-19 Information for Researchers Dear Colleagues,

iRIS is now “IRB – iRIS” on MyAccess

Please note that the link to iRIS has been renamed “IRB – iRIS” in the list of MyAccess applications. It was previously named “CHR – iRIS.” If you had “CHR – iRIS” as a favorite (i.e. yellow starred) link, it will still be in your list of favorites with the new name of “IRB – iRIS.”

IRB Winter Schedule 2019

Per the official UCOP holiday and winter calendar, the IRB office will observe the following closure dates:

New iMedRIS email for iRIS notifications

Add [email protected] to Outlook “Safe Senders” List  Updated 12/18/19: This bulletin has been updated to include instructions for Mac and OWA users.  

IRB Limited Meeting Schedule: Impact on Studies Expiring in November, December, January

October 23, 2019 To: Investigators and Staff IRB Limited Meeting Schedule: Impact on Studies Expiring in November, December, January Please note that there will be fewer IRB meetings in November, December, and January because of the holiday schedule. If your study is set to expire in November,...

Inaccurate email notifications sent from an iRIS test system

What happened: Last night a test environment sent inaccurate email notifications to study teams. The emails included expiration notices, continuing review due reminders, pending corrections and other types of notifications. Why this happened:

Long Wait Times for New Minimal Risk Studies

Human Research Protection Program September 9, 2019 To: Investigators and Staff Conducting Minimal Risk Research

Transition of Management of Affiliate Access for Research Personnel to PI Departments

The information included in this message is a follow-up message regarding the IRB bulletin sent on 8/5/19. Beginning August 12th, the UCSF IRB will no longer manage affiliate access requests and extensions for non-UCSF research personnel who work on UCSF-faculty-supervised research. Moving forward...

IRB News: Changes in Affiliate Access

IRB News, Changes in affiliate access Starting August 12th, 2019, the IRB will no longer sponsor or coordinate Affiliate Access for the iRIS online IRB system.