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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Please be aware of some updates that may be relevant to your research activities.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">First, a list of IRB-related COVID-19 FAQs has been posted to the FSU Office for Human Subjects Protection (OHSP) web site. Go to</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><a href="https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/ohsp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/ohsp/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">and
look under Important Announcements for the FAQs. More FAQs may be posted as questions are received and merit wider dissemination.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Second, new consent templates especially for social, behavioral and education research (SBER) have been developed. These templates are now available through the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><a href="https://myramp.research.fsu.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">RAMP
IRB system</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">; after you sign in, you may find the templates under the IRB, Library and Templates tabs. The SBER templates are also available through
the OHSP web site; go to </span><a href="https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/ohsp/investigator-resources/templates-and-required-forms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/ohsp/investigator-resources/templates-and-required-forms/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">and
look under Consent Templates.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Best regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">T. Howard Stone, JD, LLM, CIP</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Director</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Office for Human Subjects Protection (OHSP)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Florida State University Office of Research</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Tallahassee, FL 32306-2742</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Email: thstone@fsu.edu</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Desk telephone: 850-644-0284</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Cell (when away from desk): 850-597-4339</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">OHSP Main Line: 850-644-7900</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">OHSP Group Email:
</span><a href="mailto:humansubjects@fsu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif" id="LPlnk183337"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">humansubjects@fsu.edu</span></a></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">OHSP Web:
</span><a href="https://www.research.fsu.edu/hs" id="LPlnk917414"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">https://www.research.fsu.edu/hs</span></a></p>
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