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.

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.