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2022 News

December

IRB Bulletin: News from the IRB Office (December 2022)

December 2, 2022
The IRB Office updated numerous protocol templates and Liberty (“Libby”) Stouffer and Mila DeMarte, IRB Analysts, joined the Biomedical Team this month. The IRB Bulletin is sent monthly via the IRB listserv and IRB News & Announcements webpage.

November

October

IRB Bulletin: News from the IRB Office (October 2022)

October 6, 2022
As a part of the Northwestern University IRB Office’s initiative to share timely resources and information with the research community, we are excited to welcome you to the new IRB Bulletin! The IRB Bulletin is released at the beginning of each month and contains relevant updates from the IRB office. The IRB Bulletin is sent via the IRB listserv and also posted monthly on the IRB News & Announcements webpage. Please keep reading for this month’s updates.

September

Monthly Website Update: September 2022

September 1, 2022
New IRB Office Guidance on Suicidality in Human Research Protocols (HRP-1915) was published this month, as well as substantial changes made to the Human Research Determination Form (HRP-503). Additionally, updates were made to the Supplemental Consent Language (HRP-1722), and Informed Consent and HIPAA Pages.

Staff Announcement: September 2022

September 1, 2022
We are pleased to announce the following IRB Office staff announcement: Andres Gascon has joined the IRB Office as an Associate IRB Analyst.

August

Updated: COVID-19 Pre-Screener

August 22, 2022
The IRB Office has updated the COVID-19 Pre-Screener for pre-screening human research participants and any individual who must accompany the participant before they come on campus for in-person research study visits. Researchers who are not conducting study visits at a clinical facility may use this pre-screening tool when necessary. Researchers conducting study visits at a clinical facility should use the hospital/clinic’s screening protocol.

Staff Announcements: August 2022

August 3, 2022
We are pleased to announce the following IRB Office staff announcements: Yasmeen Khan as IRB Compliance Analyst, Compliance and Education Team; John Munoz as IRB Analyst, Biomedical Team; Monica Kane as IRB Reliance Analyst Lead, Reliance Team; and Edeth Engel as Senior IRB Analyst, Social and Behavioral Team.

July

Staff Announcements: July 2022

July 1, 2022
We are excited to announce the following IRB Office staff announcements: Elizabeth (Liz) Barajas as IRB Analyst, Biomedical Team, Alec Henderson as IRB Compliance Manager, Compliance and Education Team, and Lucas Sikorski as IRB Manager, Biomedical Team.

June

New Guidance Announcement: Incident Assessment Tool

June 9, 2022
The Incident Assessment Tool is a new IRB Office guidance tool that assists the Principal Investigator in determining if an incident that occurs meets the IRB reporting criteria and how to robustly document the incident and any corrective/preventive measures.

May

Staff Announcements: May 2022

May 6, 2022
We are pleased to announce the following IRB Office staff announcements: Angela May Baumgartner as Lead IRB Compliance Analyst, Compliance and Education Team; Katie Wright as IRB Analyst, Social and Behavioral Team; and Candy Melara as IRB Analyst, Biomedical Team.

April

Monthly Website Update: April 2022

April 12, 2022
Guidance for Determining Engagement in Human Research at Northwestern University and Affiliated Institutions and Use of Northwestern University IRB Services Policies were published this month.

March

Staff Announcement: New IRB Reliance Manager

March 28, 2022
We are pleased to announce that Marcella Cooks will assume the role of IRB Reliance Manager, which is a new leadership position within Northwestern University’s IRB Office. 

Staff Announcement: New Associate Director, IRB Operations

March 24, 2022
After a 3-month long nationwide search with a diverse candidate slate of high-caliber applicants, we are pleased to announce that effective Monday March 14th, 2022 that Lisa Linn will assume the inaugural role of Associate Director, IRB Operations for Northwestern University’s IRB Office.

Staff Announcement: New Associate Director, IRB Compliance and Reliance

March 24, 2022
After a 3-month long nationwide search and with a diverse candidate slate of high-caliber applicants, we are pleased to announce that Piper Hawkins-Green will assume the inaugural role of Associate Director, IRB Compliance and Reliance for Northwestern University’s IRB Office.

February

Monthly Website Update: February 2022

February 28, 2022
Post-Approval Monitoring Checklists were updated in February 2022 and a new Minors Acting as Research Study Team Members Policy is now available.

January

COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Memo

January 27, 2022
Researchers proposing to list COVID-19 vaccination and/or testing as part of eligibility criteria must provide scientific justification in order to add this requirement to any research study.