2023 News

This month's bulletin is about the recent PRIM&R conference and a new eIRB test systems to help aid in understanding functionality.

This month's bulleting covers some tips for external IRB studies as well as news about the upcoming State of the IRB Annual Town Hall on October 18th!

This month's bulleting covers some tips for external IRB studies as well as news about the upcoming State of the IRB Annual Town Hall on October 18th!

We have an updated External Reporting Process and Reportable New Information (RNI) Letter this month, and our new IRB Office Education Tool for Individuals and Groups is Live Now!

We have exciting new updates about CITI training and more this month! Come check it out!

Please check out the substantial edits we've made on the Incident Assessment Tool this month! We've also updated our eIRB tutorials regarding Reliance Agreements.

This month, we're presenting “Keeping Up with Compliance: A Peek into Post-Approval Monitoring Assessments”  as the IRB brown bag. Please join us! We have updated many of our documents as well as created a new post-approval monitoring checklist. Come check out our updates!

This month, we're presenting “Where Human Research Meets Integrity: What You Need to Know” as the IRB brown bag. Please join us. We made updates to provide new information about export controls, the new WebVPN and other document updates.

This month, the DEI group of IRB has released a new survey! Please help us by filling it out; we are also raffling off prizes for those who participate! We also have updated the following documents: Non-Committee Review Preparation – 031, Lapse (Expiration) of IRB Approval (Continuation of Current Participants) – 063, Annual HRPP Evaluations – 060  and Updated External IRB SOP – 092. The Office of Research has also posted additional PIPL guidance.

As a part of the Northwestern University IRB Office’s initiative to share timely resources and information with the research community, the IRB Bulletin is released at the beginning of each month and contains relevant updates from the IRB office.  The IRB Bulletin is also posted monthly on the IRB News & Announcements webpage. Please keep reading for this month’s updates.   

As a part of the Northwestern University IRB Office’s initiative to share timely resources and information with the research community, the IRB Bulletin is released at the beginning of each month and contains relevant updates from the IRB office.  The IRB Bulletin is also posted monthly on the IRB News & Announcements webpage. Please keep reading for this month’s updates.   

Thank you everyone who joined our Annual Open House in December! This month's IRB Brown will be an "Ask the IRB" so please register and submit your questions in advance. We also welcomed the following new staff: Laura Loeb, IRB Analyst to the Social and Behavioral Team; Brittane Foy, Senior IRB Compliance Analyst to the Compliance and Education Team; and Rita Knasel, IRB Reliance Analyst, to the Reliance Team.