Protecting Research Participants

The IRB provided an overview of the revised Common Rule and how to prepare for the regulatory changes in January 2019. Listen to the recording to learn more about the revisions that go into affect on January 21, 2019.

Vice President for Research Allen Levine has appointed Michelle Biros, M.D., to serve as deputy institutional official for biomedical studies for the University of Minnesota’s Institutional Review Board, effective May 1, 2018.

On April 20, 2018, OHRP proposed an additional delay to the Revised Common Rule. If finalized, the Revised Common Rule would require institutions to continue to comply with the requirements of the current Common Rule until January 21, 2019. This would be a six-month delay of the effective and compliance date of July 19, 2018.