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PittPRO is LIVE
Effective January 1, 2019, all new studies must be submitted through...
IRB Review Fee Structure Change
The University of Pittsburgh has changed the IRB review fee structure. The fee is required for studies that are industry sponsored. Effective March 1, 2019, the fee schedule will...
PittPRO is LIVE for Exempt and Expedited
HRPO is pleased to announce that PittPRO is live for...
Common Rule Compliance Date Delayed Again
Common Rule Compliance Date Delayed Once More
As we're continuing to provide the University of Pittsburgh research community with updates, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect on May 25, 2018. It is "designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizens...
Common Rule Effective Date Delay
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and 15 other federal departments and agencies have announced a six month delay of the effective date...
Common Rule 2018: Implementation and Transition
The final revisions to the Common Rule (Federal Policy for the...
NIH Changes to Certificates of Confidentiality
Effective October 1, 2017, NIH will automatically issue Certificates of Confidentiality to all research funded by NIH that is collecting or using identifiable sensitive information. Additional...
Important Information Regarding HIPAA Training for Researchers
Historically, those who were conducting human subject research that involved accessing protected health information were required to complete the Internet-Based Studies in Education and Research (...
PA Supreme Court Decision & Informed Consent
The Human Research Protection Office is aware of the recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision, Shinal v. Toms, in which the Court held that a physician's duty to obtain Informed Consent...
January 25, 2018 is the new date for Single IRB Review
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) previously issued a policy on the use of a single Institutional Review Board (IRB) for multi-site research. The policy is to establish the expectation that...
Update on Training Requirements
Effective March 5, 2017, OSIRIS will prohibit the submission of new protocols when any member of the research team is not up-to-date with CITI training on Human Subject Research, Responsible...
NIH Extends Effective Date of Single IRB Review
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) previously issued a policy on the use of a single Institutional Review Board (IRB) for multi-site research. The policy is to establish the expectation that...
New Data Security Review Process
HRPO is pleased to announce that we are ready to initiate the new data security review process for all new studies effective November 6, 2016. We have been...
Orientation to Research Fundamentals-Basics for Research Coordinators
To register or for more information go to http://www.ctsi.pitt.edu/registrationorf.shtml.