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IRB Policies and Guidance

Guidance for Human Subject Research
The documents below provide guidance about the conduct of human subjects research at Kessler Foundation. If you have questions, please contact the IRB Office at [email protected].

IRB Policies and Guidance

5004 Initial Review of Research
5005 Continuing Review of IRB-Approved Research Projects
5006 Review of Amendments in Previously Approved Projects
5007 Suspension or Termination of IRB Approval
5008 Investigations of Unauthorized or Noncompliant Research
5009 IRB Record Keeping
5010 Submission of Reports Adverse Events
5010a Adverse Events Log
5010b Serious Adverse Events Report
5010c Unexpected Adverse Events Report
5011 Research Involving Minors as Participants
5012 Research Involving Pregnant Woman as Participants
5013 Subject Recruitment Advertisement and Incentives
5014 Cooperative Research
5015 IRB Confidentiality Policy and Procedures
5017 IRB Review of Research to be Preformed Off Site
5026 Research Misconduct
5034 Substituted-Surrogate Consent
5035 Obtaining Informed Consent from Human Subjects
5036 Registering for Clinical Trials
5037 Who May Serve as Principal Investigator and Mentor
5039 Multi-Site Collaborative Research Single IRB of Record Policy
5040 Calculation of Approval and Expiration Dates
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