Welcome
The Human Subjects Office (HSO) was established by the Vice President for Research to provide administrative support for the University of Iowa Institutional Review Boards. An Institutional Review Board is a group of individuals charged with reviewing proposed research involving human subjects to ensure the protection of those subjects and compliance with federal human subjects regulations. The University of Iowa has two such review boards, each consisting of faculty, staff, and representatives from the Iowa City community.
Mission
The mission of the University of Iowa Institutional Review Boards is to assure that the rights and welfare of human subjects are adequately protected in research.
News
News! HawkIRB will be unavailable on Saturday morning (October 11th) from 4:30am-5:30am for database service maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
Sessions for Fall 2008 are now scheduled! Check the links below for dates and times.
To register for a session, send your name, department, the date and time of the class you would like to attend, and your e-mail address to: irb@uiowa.edu.
HawkIRB Training Sessions
These sessions will provide basic information about technical aspects of the HawkIRB system and guidance about content. The purpose of these sessions is to assist investigators, delegates, and research team members with preparing complete and thorough applications to the IRB to minimize the need for questions between the HSO/IRB and the investigator which can delay the review of the project. These sessions are for anyone preparing to submit a HawkIRB application for the first time and for those who would like an overview and guidance about proper completion of the forms.
Office Hours
Struggling with your application in HawkIRB? Come to our office hours with your questions! HSO staff will be available to answer questions you may have about your application and the IRB application process.
Presentations
Attend an HSO Presentation to learn the IRB basics, or to get more information on special topics!
Updated Investigator's Guide 8/1/08.
As discussed in the Policy Change Educational Sessions, here is a clean copy of the UI Investigator's guide incorporating the new procedures for researchers. If you prefer to view the revisions, here is a track changes version. Also to the left of this information under "UI Investigator's Guide" is the newly revised version. HawkIRB will now include NEW templated documents for the Record of Informed Consent and various recruitment material examples for researchers. The informed consent document template will also have changes incorporated when it is downloaded from the HawkIRB attachments page. These template revisions were included in the items that were reviewed at the Policy Change Educational Sessions earlier this month. Copies of this handout are available here. If you have any questions related to the new policy changes, please call the Human Subjects Office at 335-6564.
Please note! Effective Monday, July 14, 2008.
The WIRB informed consent template has been revised. The UI Human Subjects Office/IRB/CTO and WIRB have agreed to remove the word "proven" from our informed consent template under the research related injury section. This reflects ongoing concerns from our study sponsors with regard to the use of the word "proven" in our currently approved template for research related injury. Please call the Human Subjects Office at 335-6564 if you have questions.