IRB for Community-Based Participatory Research
How IRB review fits community-based participatory research — community co-investigators, memoranda of understanding, data sovereignty, and the role of community advisory boards.
Read moreArticles on IRB preparation, common mistakes, review categories, and post-approval processes.
How IRB review fits community-based participatory research — community co-investigators, memoranda of understanding, data sovereignty, and the role of community advisory boards.
Read moreHow continuing review works for approved IRB protocols, when it is required under the revised Common Rule, and how to assemble the submission packet.
Read moreHow IRB review applies to qualitative methods — consent for interviews and focus groups, confidentiality in small samples, and the data management questions reviewers ask.
Read moreWhat an IRB data management plan should cover — collection, identification, storage, access, retention, sharing, and destruction — with the specificity reviewers expect.
Read moreHow to submit modifications to an approved IRB protocol — what counts as a minor vs. major change, the approval pathways, and what you can and cannot do before approval is in hand.
Read moreThe federal definitions that determine whether a project requires IRB review, and the program evaluation and QI cases that sit at the boundary.
Read moreHow IRB review changes for research involving children — assent, parental permission, the four risk categories, and what reviewers expect in protocols with minors.
Read moreHow IRB review handles online surveys, social media data, and digital trace data — and the consent, privacy, and data security issues reviewers flag most often.
Read moreAn overview of CITI human subjects protection training — what the modules cover, how long it takes, and how to make the material stick.
Read moreRealistic timelines for exempt, expedited, and full board IRB review, with concrete strategies for shortening each stage.
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