Archive Year

In an effort to reduce burden on the research community and the IRB, we are changing how ‘study team member’ personnel changes are reviewed by the IRB Office. Principal Investigators are still required to maintain the study team members list in the eIRB+ application and for ensuring that all study team members complete human subjects protection training every three years. MORE

Due to changes in the federal regulations for the protection of humans in research, starting January 21, 2019, all new research receiving federal funding must comply with the New Rule. MORE

GDPR went into effect May 25, 2018 and is a legislation of the European Union that protects “natural persons” with regards to the processing of personal data and the transfer of that data. MORE

As you were previously notified, the Northwestern University IRB Office has been diligently working to have a process in place for implementing the NIH Single IRB policy at our institution. At this time we are pleased to notify the research community that the first phase of implementation is ready for rollout. MORE

The Department of Health and Human Services along with 15 other federal departments and agencies have delayed by six months the effective date and compliance date of the revisions to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (also known as the Common Rule) to July 19, 2018. Additional information on the delay can be found on the OHRP website. MORE

Please note the eIRB+ system will undergo a software upgrade in order to incorporate functionality to comply with the revised federal regulations (effective date January 19, 2018), the NIH Single IRB policy (effective date January 25, 2018) and other system improvements. MORE