Announcements

May 20, 2020

The Office of Regulatory Compliance has launched a website with up-to-date information about the efforts to ramp up clinical research.

Mar 27, 2020

The Office of Regulatory Compliance has a webpage with answers to common HIPAA-related questions.

Mar 18, 2020

Information related to IRB review and reporting is posted on the Anschutz Coronavirus web page.

Jan 10, 2020 by COMIRB

​AHRQ has published guidance on the use of single IRBs for coperative Research.

Oct 22, 2019 by COMIRB

COMIRB has posted guidance on GDPR, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation.

Oct 9, 2019 by COMIRB

​COMIRB has posted three new guidance documents on involving children in research.

Sep 20, 2019 by COMIRB

COMIRB is hosting a series of town hall discussions about an upgrade to InfoEd which will be implemented November 25, 2019.

Aug 13, 2019 by COMIRB

COMIRB has posted guidance on obtaining consent electronically (i.e., e-Consent).

Aug 9, 2019 by COMIRB

COMIRB has posted guidance for research involving prisoners.

Jul 2, 2019 by COMIRB

InfoEd no longer automatically sends emails reminding study personnel on COMIRB-approved protocols to recertify their human subjects training through CITI when their certification is close to expiring.

Jun 18, 2019 by COMIRB

Starting July 1, 2019, COMIRB will require that the Secondary Research Application be used for secondary research submissions, for improved consistency and clarity.

Apr 11, 2019 by COMIRB

COMIRB has revised its Short Form to comply with the "Key Information" requirements of the 2018 Federal Policy on the Protection of Human Subjects ("Common Rule").

Jan 9, 2019 by COMIRB

The 2018 Requirements for human subjects protections go into effect (finally!) on January 21, 2018. COMIRB will host a town hall to discuss changes we have made to comply with the new requirements.

Nov 14, 2018 by COMIRB

COMIRB has updated the Application for Secondary Research.

Oct 17, 2018 by COMIRB

We have updated the COMIRB template consent forms to remove lines for subjects' initials from each page and remove lines for an investigator signature.

Jul 20, 2018 by COMIRB

COMIRB is piloting a new application form for research involving only the collection and analysis of data collected for another purpose, where a waiver of informed consent is requested.

Jul 20, 2018 by COMIRB

As of July 19, 2018, IRBs are allowed to remove the requirement for continuing review for research eligible for expedited review.

Apr 20, 2018 by COMIRB

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to delay for an additional 6 months ((July 19, 2018 until January 21, 2019)).

Jan 17, 2018 by COMIRB

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and 15 other federal departments and agencies have announced an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that delays by six months the effective date and general compliance date of the revisions to the “Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects” (also known as the Common Rule) originally published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR 7149). Most provisions in the revised Common Rule were scheduled to go into effect on January 19, 2018.

Jan 16, 2018 by COMIRB

Bring your lunch and drop in for this open forum discussion!!