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Guidance on Who May Obtain Informed Consent
HRP has received many questions regarding the policy on who is permitted to obtain informed consent. In order to provide clarification, a new guidance document has been created and can be found...
HRP Holiday Schedule
The Human Research Protection office will be closed for Thanksgiving break November 26 - 30, 2020. In addition, the office will be closed for Winter Break from December 24, 2020 until January 4,...
Tier 3 Studies to Cease In-Person Interactions
Pitt’s Health Care Advisory Group (HCAG) has recommended that the University’s Tier 3 research activities in Allegheny County be conducted remotely without in-person study visits until further...
COVID-19 Pandemic: Pitt's Actions
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher released an announcement regarding the proactive steps that...
IRB Town Hall Session Recordings Available
The COVID-19 pandemic has created many challenges for researchers. The recently released procedures to begin or continue research have generated a number of questions. On Wednesday, July 15 on...
All Studes Must Transition to PittPRO by July 30, 2020
The Human Research Protection Office (HRPO) would like to thank the study teams who have transitioned their projects from OSIRIS into PittPRO. It is critically important that all remaining studies...
PittPRO Transition of Studies: Released from Continuing Review
When transition of existing studies from OSIRIS to PittPRO began, it was limited to studies with an expiration date. HRPO is now ready to transition studies that have been released from continuing...
Archiving of Exempt Studies in OSIRIS
Effective May 30, 2020, all remaining exempt projects in OSIRIS will be archived
Why is this action being taken?
HRPO’s...
COVID-19 Pandemic: Pitt's Actions
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher released an announcement regarding the proactive steps that...
Transition of Studies in Data Analysis Only and Long-Term Follow-Up into PittPRO
Studies that are in data analysis only (DAO) or long term follow up (LTFU) must transition into PittPRO unless a study closure is submitted. When continuing review is due, studies will...
Transition of Studies into PittPRO that were Released from Continuing Review
When transition of existing studies from OSIRIS to PittPRO began, it was limited to studies with an expiration date. HRPO is now ready to transition studies that have been released from continuing...
Single IRB (sIRB) Requirement Updates
As a reminder, the NIH sIRB mandate requiring the use of an sIRB, as a contingency for funding of NIH-multi-site research studies, went into effect January 25, 2018....
HRPO Holiday Schedule
The Human Research Protection Office (HRPO) will be closed for Thanksgiving on November 28 and 29, 2019. HRPO will also be closed for Winter Break from December 20, 2019 until January 2, 2020. The...
HRPO is Hiring!
The Human Research Protection Office currently has two open positions:
Research Review Analyst – Exempt/Expedited: The EE Analyst is responsible for the administrative...
Update on IRB Turnaround Times
Due to the number of transitions from OSIRIS to PittPRO, we are currently experiencing longer than expected review times for both new studies and continuing reviews. Current median turnaround...