July 14, 2004 Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to tell you that the Johns Hopkins Medicine and MedStar Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) have signed a reciprocity agreement that will facilitate collaborative research efforts between Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and MedStar facilities. For Hopkins full-time faculty who are located at Good Samaritan Hospital and other Medstar facilities, the policy, effective immediately, is as follows: - Commercially-funded protocols will be reviewed by the MedStar IRB and accepted by Johns Hopkins Medicine. Radiation safety, biosafety, and pharmacy and therapeutics review will also be conducted by MedStar. Conflict of Interest review will be done by the Johns Hopkins Committee on Outside Interests and communicated to the MedStar IRB.
- All other protocols will be reviewed by the Johns Hopkins Medicine IRBs with ancillary reviews also being done at Johns Hopkins. The MedStar IRB will accept these reviews.
This new agreement also has implications for existing research protocols. Hopkins faculty who wish to conduct collaborative research in MedStar facilities, for example, will no longer need to undergo dual review by both IRBs. If you have a JHM IRB-approved protocol and wish to collaborate with MedStar colleagues to recruit at MedStar facilities, a second review by the MedStar IRB is no longer needed. Likewise, MedStar investigators with a MedStar IRB-approved protocol can conduct collaborative research at Hopkins facilities without JHM IRB review. Hopkins faculty who collaborate with colleagues at NIA to do research at Harbor Hospital, however, still will require JHM IRB review. Please contact Barbara Starklauf, Assistant Dean for Human Subject Research Compliance, if you have any questions. She may be reached at 5-3008 or bstark@jhmi.edu. The leadership of both institutions feels confident that this new agreement will facilitate the conduct of research at each institution, while maintaining rigorous research oversight. Sincerely, Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH
Vice Dean for Clinical Investigation - Franklin Square Hospital Center
- Good Samaritan Hospital
- Harbor Hospital
- Union Memorial Hospital
- National Rehabilitation Hospital
- Washington Hospital Center
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