Office of the Vice President for Research

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Status of Full Board Actions

All new consent forms submitted to the IRB must be in the new, recently revised ICD template. NOTE: The new ICD has two separate signature sections. According to state law the IRB may not approve new consent forms unless HIPAA is a separate section.

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Office of the Institutional Review Board

Dr. Joseph Schmelz, Director

Dr. Joseph Schmelz, Director
(210) 567-2351
IRBMAIL@uthscsa.edu



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More about the Office of the IRB:

Spring 2008 IRB Forum Schedule

  1. Mark your calendars: Jun 9 and 23, Jul 14 and 28, Aug 11 and 25 2008
  2. We will present: AAHRPP Accreditation; Best Practices-A Tool for Managing Multiple Projects; Repositories; Pre-Review and Responding to stipulations; Scope of Practice; Decisionally Impaired Populations
  3. Stay up to date by keeping an eye on the Quick Link "IRB Forums and Educational Sessions"
  4. Automatically receive future mailing about IRB Forums and announcements, send a request to IRBMAIL@UTHSCSA.EDU