Updated Reporting Timeframes for Reportable Events

March 17, 2025

The guidance on when to report reportable events has been updated, including information about reporting timeframes for studies involving investigational devices.

Adding Federal Funding to Approved Studies

March 17, 2025

Adding new federal funds to an already approved study may require additional modifications beyond just adding the funding.

Email Recruitment Reminders

March 17, 2025

Recruitment emails must include caution language when the study may collect sensitive or health related information:

Study Finder Outage

January 23, 2025

There's an ongoing outage of Study Finder, an online searchable database of UW clinical trials that are recruiting participants.

January '25 Toolkit Updates

January 23, 2025

The latest revisions to Toolkit and ARROW will be live by the end of January.

NIH funding & Certificates of Confidentiality

January 23, 2025

If your NIH funding expires and you're collecting sensitive information, you may need to apply for a discretionary CoC.

Selecting the Correct Application Type

November 14, 2024

Information about when the protocol-based and non-protocol-based application are most appropriate.

Coming Soon: New Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Guidance

November 14, 2024

The IRB Office is in the process of finalizing new guidance and worksheets for studies involving AI and ML technologies.

Upcoming Workshop: Enrolling participants with Limited English Proficiency

November 11, 2024

The Professional Research Education Program (PREP) is hosting "Enrolling research participants with Limited English Proficiency: Guidance and Resources" on December 10th.

Introducing New IRB Analysts

October 31, 2024

We are excited to announce that the IRB’s Minimal Risk Research team has two new analysts joining the team in November.