From fsuirb at lists.fsu.edu Fri Mar 20 11:22:08 2020 From: fsuirb at lists.fsu.edu (FSU Institutional Review Board) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 15:22:08 +0000 Subject: [FSU IRB] UPDATES: (1) IRB-related COVID-19 FAQs Posted and (2) New Consent Templates Message-ID: Dear FSU research colleagues, Please be aware of some updates that may be relevant to your research activities. 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 https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/ohsp/ and look under Important Announcements for the FAQs. More FAQs may be posted as questions are received and merit wider dissemination. Second, new consent templates especially for social, behavioral and education research (SBER) have been developed. These templates are now available through the RAMP IRB system; 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 https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/ohsp/investigator-resources/templates-and-required-forms/ and look under Consent Templates. Best regards, T. Howard Stone, JD, LLM, CIP Director Office for Human Subjects Protection (OHSP) Florida State University Office of Research 2010 Levy Avenue, Building B Suite 276 Tallahassee, FL 32306-2742 Email: thstone at fsu.edu Desk telephone: 850-644-0284 Cell (when away from desk): 850-597-4339 OHSP Main Line: 850-644-7900 OHSP Group Email: humansubjects at fsu.edu OHSP Web: https://www.research.fsu.edu/hs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fsuirb at lists.fsu.edu Tue Mar 24 12:23:52 2020 From: fsuirb at lists.fsu.edu (FSU Institutional Review Board) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:23:52 +0000 Subject: [FSU IRB] FSU Announcement to Immediately Cease Some In-Person Activities Involving Study Participants Message-ID: Dear FSU research colleagues, Please be aware of an important FSU COVID-19-related announcement that may be relevant to your research activities. FSU leadership announced effective March 24, 2020 the immediate cessation until further notice of some research activities that involve in-person interactions or interventions with human research participants. To see the announcement go to https://news.fsu.edu/announcements/covid-19/2020/03/23/temporary-cessation-to-some-fsu-human-subjects-research/. Further information and related FAQs as well as instructions have been published by the FSU Office for Human Subjects Protection (OHSP). For further information, go to https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/ohsp/covid-19-and-human-research-studies/. To see the related IRB-related COVID-19 FAQs, go to https://www.research.fsu.edu/media/5701/irb_faqs_20200324.pdf. For researchers to whom the FSU announcement applies, you are required unless an exception applies to your study to halt all in-person interactions and interventions with human research participants. Please further share this message with your study team and as applicable to your study collaborators, sponsors and faculty advisors. Contact me at thstone at fsu.edu if you have any questions. Best regards, T. 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URL: From fsuirb at lists.fsu.edu Thu Mar 26 09:24:28 2020 From: fsuirb at lists.fsu.edu (FSU Institutional Review Board) Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:24:28 +0000 Subject: [FSU IRB] Human Research COVID-19/Coronavirus Cessation Zoom Town Hall Message-ID: The University?s recent notice to announce the immediate cessation effective March 24, 2020 and until further notice of some research activities that involve in-person interactions or interventions with human research participants may have raised some questions among the human research community about how to implement the cessation. To provide you with guidance, the FSU Office for Human Subjects Protection (OHSP) will host an open Zoom call on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 11:00AM-12:30PM to answer questions. Participants will be able to submit questions via the chat function in Zoom, and time permitting these will be answered. This is a great opportunity to ask any questions you may have. The OHSP is here to assist you as much as possible. Attendance is strongly encouraged and the team looks forward to hearing from you. Meeting Information Tuesday, March 31, 2020 11:00AM?12:30PM For instructions on using Zoom, click here. To access the meeting, click here. Best regards, T. Howard Stone, JD, LLM, CIP Director Office for Human Subjects Protection (OHSP) Florida State University Office of Research 2010 Levy Avenue, Building B Suite 276 Tallahassee, FL 32306-2742 Email: thstone at fsu.edu Desk telephone: 850-644-0284 Cell (when away from desk): 850-597-4339 OHSP Main Line: 850-644-7900 OHSP Group Email: humansubjects at fsu.edu OHSP Web: https://www.research.fsu.edu/hs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: