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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOP)

SOP (July 2026)-download pdf

SOP Addendum (Oct 2020) - download pdf

 

Table of Contents

1: Human Research Protection Program

2: Quality Assurance

3: Education & Training

4: Institutional Review Board

5: Human Subject Research Determination

6: Exempt Studies

7: IRB Review Process

8: Study Suspension, Termination and Investigator Hold

9: Research overseen by a non-UVA IRB of Record 

10: Documentation and Records

11: Obtaining Informed Consent from Research Subjects

12: Vulnerable Subjects in Research

13: FDA-Regulated Research

14: Reportable Events

15: Unanticipated Problems Involving Risks to Subjects or Others

16: Non-compliance

17: Complaints

18: Reporting to Regulatory Agencies and Organizational Officials

19: Investigator Responsibilities

20: Sponsored Research

21: Conflict of Interest in Research

22: Participant Outreach

23: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

24: Information Security

25: Special Topic

IRB-HSR

Mailing Address:
UVA Institutional Review Board for Health Sciences Research
Box 800483, Charlottesville, VA 22908

Physical Address:
Carruthers Hall, 1001 Emmet St. 
Charlottesville, VA 22908

PHONE: 434-924-2620
EMAIL: [email protected]

IRB-SBS

Mailing Address:
UVA Institutional Review Board for Social and Behavioral Sciences
Box 800392, Charlottesville, VA 22908

Physical Address:
Carruthers Hall, 1001 Emmet St.
Charlottesville, VA 22908

PHONE: 434-924-5999
FAX: 434-924-1992
EMAIL: [email protected]

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