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Human Research Office

Promoting Ethical Human Research

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Upcoming Classes

"Helpful Tips on Consent Documents"

Thursday, September 4, 2008
10:00 A.M. ~ 45 minutes
U020-16 Conference Room Learning Resource Bldg

Call 815-4073 or for more information.

"Electronic Protocol Submission"

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
10:00 A.M.
U020-16 Conference Room, Learning Resource Bldg

Call 984-2815 for more information

our mission...

"to provide quality service and assistance to enhance and facilitate the conduct of safe and ethical research involving human participants at the Medical Center, and help to further the Medical Center's research mission".

In support of its mission, the Human Research Office:

Helps to educate and assist the Medical Center research community on ethical and procedural issues related to research involving human volunteers;
Helps to facilitate compliance with federal regulations and guidance, state law, and institution policies;
Helps to ensure continued support from federal agencies, private foundations, industry, and the Medical Center for research involving human volunteers;
Conducts post-approval monitoring of IRB approved studies;
Strives to promote the conduct of additional research through the continuing development of tools and programs that help facilitate the responsible conduct of research involving human volunteers;
Provides administrative support for the Medical Center’s IRBs;
Monitors trends in research involving human volunteers and responds to changes in the field;
Provides individual and small group assistance to encourage the effective use of IRB services.

IRB Tip – Don’t forget to hit submit!

Do I need to do anything after I check the assurance box?

Yes, the Principal Investigator needs to go to the Submit tab and submit the application. There seems to be a lot of confusion in this area. Clicking the assurance box is like signing the old paper application. Once you did that, you still had to copy the appropriate documents and then send or deliver them to the IRB office. Now that submissions are done electronically a similar process is in place. Once you have completed the forms, checked the assurance box (assurance box = signature) and uploaded all of the required documents, you must submit the application to us (submit = mail). To do this click on the “Submit” tab and click submit. A popup screen will ask you to verify that the submission is complete and ready to be submitted. After the Principal Investigator clicks submit he/she (and the contact person for the study, if one has been identified) will receive an automatically generated e-mail that verifies receipt in the Human Research Office’s inbox. Once the submission has been accepted a second email will be sent to either verify acceptance or provide notification of additional information required.

Assurance + Submit = receipt of application in Human Research Office

On the bottom left of the screen is a link to the webkit User Manual, complete with screen shots. The manual was designed to help walk you through electronic submission process step by step and is available at all times for your reference.

IRB

An Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a federally mandated committee composed of scientists, clinicians, nonscientists and non-affiliated community representatives charged with overseeing all research projects involving human volunteers to protect the rights and welfare of the volunteers, certifying that the research is conducted according to the highest scientific and ethical standards. The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s IRBs fulfill this charge and help to further the university’s research mission by:

Reviewing and approving all proposed research involving human volunteers before it is initiated, and monitoring all ongoing research involving human volunteers, while it is being conducted, and after it is complete;
Ensuring and promoting the ethical conduct of research;
Ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and University requirements.