Research Protections Office News
RPO welcomed Diana Naser PhD, APRN as our new IRB Regulatory Analyst in August. Diana comes to us with extensive research experience in human subject protections and clinical trial oversight.
Jennifer Laurent, Ph.D., APRN Professor and Vice Chair, Nursing Graduate Programs has accepted the position as our new Associate Chair of the IRB for behavioral and social sciences starting August 1, 2022.
̽̽ IRB Educational Opportunities
In working with investigators, the IRB staff have noticed common areas that tend to delay progress when moving protocols throughout the IRB process. Based on these observations, we have outlined a list of questions for you to consider while working your way through the IRB submission process. The goal is to assist you in ensuring the submission is complete and facilitate a smooth IRB process.
Access our PI checklist for New Studies here
“Ask the IRB”
Bring questions on ̽̽Click, federal regulations, local ̽̽ polices and protocol development.
October 18, 2022 11:00-12:00PM HSRF 300
Melanie Locher, IRB Director
“Single IRB at ̽̽: What We’ve Learned and Where We Are Now?”
Updates and changes to regulations, what we’ve learned since implementation and current scenarios for reliance at ̽̽
November 2, 2022 11:00-12:00PM HSRF 200
Jen Dulin, MS, DVM
IRB Reliance Administrator and Health Network Liaison
“Quality Assurance Reviews in Research. What they are and what to expect”
July 14, 2022 presentation can be
Learning Center documents & videos for Investigators and their Study Teams to navigate single IRB arrangements:
̽̽Click
Please utilize the comment functionality within the ̽̽Click system to communicate with your Research Analyst. Emails outside of the system are not captured within the protocol record and could therefore result in missing information/documentation a regulator would be interested in reviewing during a site visit. It also helps cross covering personnel to recreate what has occurred with a specific submission.
̽̽Click is scheduled for an upgrade from version 8 to version 9 in December. For the upgrade, the entire ̽̽Click system comes down and will be unavailable for use beginning 4:30 pm on Thursday December 1, 2022, and continuing Friday Dec 2, Saturday, Dec 3rd, Sunday, Dec 4th, and Monday, Dec 5th.
Additionally Click will be down on November 2, 2022 for 30 minutes for the server maintenance starting at 6:30pm.
If you experience problems with logging into ̽̽Click, it is likely that your password has expired. Please go to for directions on how to reset your password.
IRB Website Redesign
Our IRB web pages are currently going through a redesign. We now have dedicated pages , , and
Find quick links to determine if your research requires IRB review and to access our self-determination tool on Research Not Involving Human Subjects.