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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Greetings FSU research colleagues:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Just a quick message to provide you with an update about the current FSU COVID-19-related restrictions on in-person human research activities: effective today, April 26,
 2021, these restrictions have been further relaxed. In brief, in-person research activities in which ALL human research participants and study staff taking part in those activities have completed a full COVID-19 vaccination will no longer require other COVID-19
 precautions, such as social distancing; certain conditions apply. Other COVID-19-related restrictions remain in effect.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Check out the OHSP COVID-19 and Human Research Studies web page for full details about this update, including related instructions, templates and guidance:
<a href="https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/ohsp/covid-19-and-human-research-studies/">
https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/ohsp/covid-19-and-human-research-studies/</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For additional information pertinent to your specific study, contact your IRB Coordinator (listed on your
<a href="https://myramp.research.fsu.edu/">RAMP IRB</a> study or contact information available here:
<a href="https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/ohsp/staff-listing/">https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/ohsp/staff-listing/</a>). For general questions about this relaxation or about the FSU COVID-19-related restrictions, contact T. Howard
 Stone, Director, FSU Office of Human Subjects Protection (OHSP) at <a href="mailto:thstone@fsu.edu">
thstone@fsu.edu</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Office for Human Subjects Protection (OHSP)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Florida State University Office of Research</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2010 Levy Avenue, Building B Suite 276</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tallahassee, FL 32306-2742</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Phone: 850-644-7900</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">OHSP Group Email:
</span><a href="mailto:humansubjects@fsu.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">humansubjects@fsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">OHSP Web:
</span><a href="https://ohsp.fsu.edu/" title="https://ohsp.fsu.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">https://ohsp.fsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">     </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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