The IRB-HSR Researcher Guide provides topic-specific content to help researchers navigate issues that are specific to their research. If you are new to human subject research, start with New Researcher for an orientation of the basics. While some topics will apply to most researchers, the guide also includes sections like that are geared to specific research disciplines. Have a subject you would like us to address? Contact us with your suggestion!

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Common Research Topics

Activities that Require IRB-SBS Review
Preparing to be a Human Subjects Researcher
Protocol Review Process
Risks & Benefits
Board Determinations
Reviewing Risk
Benefits of Participating in a Study
Paying Participants
Participant Recruitment
Study Funding and the IRB

 

 

Consent Related Topics

Consent
Basic Consent Process
Oral/Verbal Consent
Consent Templates
Electronic Consent
When Consent Is Waived
Informed Consent for Recording Devices
Special Consent Situations

 

 

Data Related Topics

Data in Research
Data Storage
Record Keeping
Obligation to Share Data with Participants

 

 

Educational Research Topics

Research in an Educational Setting
Recruitment and Informed Consent in an Educational Setting
Education Study Risks
Students as Participants
Normal Educational Practice
Data in an Educational Setting
Student Records
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

 

 

Privacy and Confidentiality Topics

Protecting Privacy
Protecting Confidentiality
Identifiers
Recording Devices
Certificate of Confidentiality

 

 

Specialized Research Topics

Ethnographic Research
Secondary Use of Existing Data
Surveys
Interviews
Observations
Instruments, Educational Tests, Benign Interventions
Minors in Research Studies
Participant Pools
Deception and/or Withholding Information from a Participant
Research in an International Setting and/or Location

 

 

Risk Considerations in Research 

Understanding Risk in Research
Defining Risk
Reducing Risk
Reviewing Risk

 

 

Vulnerable Participant Topics

Risk-Sensitive Populations
Vulnerable Participants
Including Risk-Sensitive Populations in Research
Participants in Dire Situations
Participants with Stressful Health Conditions
Participants with Diminished Capacity to Consent
Prisoners in Research Studies
Pregnant Women, Fetuses, and SBS Studies
Considerations for Minority and/or Ethnic Groups
Employees as Participants
Abused Adults with Diminished Capacity
Domestic Abuse: Emotional, Physical, and Sexual Abuse of Adults
Child Abuse
Doctor/Patient (or Client) Relationships in Research
Suicide Threat
Specific and Immediate Threat
Reporting Child Abuse, Suicide, Unsafe or Illegal Behaviors

 

 

iProtocol

iProtocol Question Guide
Creating and Submitting a New Study in iProtocol
Personnel
Non-UVA Research Team (Sub-Investigators)
Study Overview
Participant Groups
Participant Summary
Recruitment & Consent
Recruitment & Consent Tools
Associate Recruitment & Consent Tools with Participant Groups
Data Sources
Associate Data Sources with Data Sources
Associate Data Sources with Participant Groups
Data Sources Upload
Permission to Access Data Source and Participant Group
Data Reports & Storage
International Research Data Source
Risks & Benefits
Signing an iProtocol
iProtocol Management
Modifying an Approved iProtocol
Reporting an Unexpected Adverse Event
iProtocol Continuation Review
Protocol Status Update
Personnel Management Tool
Closing an iProtocol
Withdraw an iProtocol
Move an iProtocol to Trash/Recycle Bin
Protocol History
iProtocol Read-Only User

 

 

Researcher Support

About the IRB-SBS
Reporting an Unexpected Adverse Event
Student Support
Student Researchers and Faculty Sponsors
Guide for Student Researchers
Guide for Faculty Sponsors
IRB SBS Board Members