Discretionary Certificates of Confidentiality

May 16, 2025

The NIH is currently not issuing Certificates of Confidentiality (CoCs) for non-NIH funded research.

Reminder: PIs on Leave

May 16, 2025

In cases where a PI will be on leave for 6 weeks or longer and the PI cannot provide research oversight, the study team should submit a New Information Report.

HIPAA Guidance

May 16, 2025

The Office of Compliance has posted two new guidance documents for researchers related to non-HCC members accessing PHI and international research.

Reminder: Guidance & Resources on Enrolling Non-English-Speaking Participants

April 15, 2025

Resources available include the IRB's comprehensive guidance on enrolling non-English-speaking participants in research, UW Health Interpreter Services for faculty within SMPH and/or recruiting UW Health patients within UW Health facilities, and translated short forms.

New Guidance: HCC/Non-HCC Collaborative Research

April 15, 2025

The Office of Compliance has published new guidance for study teams with members both within and outside the healthcare component (HCC).

Stop Work Orders, Suspension of Work, or Funding Terminations  

April 3, 2025

If a researcher receives a directive from a federal funding agency to stop, pause, suspend, modify, or terminate activities on an award, investigators should consider whether a reportable event and/or change of protocol is necessary.

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.