B07 - How to Manage Your Non-IRB Gatekeeping Functions as an IRB

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM ET

Location: Livestreamed

Questions not answered live are included below, with responses, as a handout next to Iris Jenkins' name.

Ever wonder why investigators complain about IRB over-reach? It could be due to the fact that the IRB is also the gatekeeper for other institutional compliance concerns. IRBs are often asked to put stop-gap procedures in place to catch and address other compliance, including Conflict of Interest, biosafety, data management and security, and marketing and branding, to name a few. On top of these add-ons, the IRB is already responsible for numerous Federal and state regulations. So, how do we keep up with it all?

Learning Objectives:

Learn how to effectively manage the IRB review process to address other compliance areas related to IRB and the conduct of research
Share tips and tools IRB offices can use to train staff and IRB members on these "added" responsibilities
Provide strategies for when and how to push back when the expectations for IRB review become unreasonable and how to redirect the responsibility and ownership to more appropriate entities

Speaker(s)

Iris L. Jenkins, PhD

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Hadley, MA
Amanda C. Jointer, BS, MA

Wayne State University
Detroit , MI
Susan Robb, CRA, CHRC

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA