The Johns Hopkins Medicine IRBs
Announcements
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Join us for JHM IRB’s monthly Office Hours!April’s session is on April 30th at 1pm and will discuss exempt and expedited research. Our Exempt/Expedited Team will provide a brief category overview, explanation of the Exempt/Expedited OHSR pathways and common misconceptions when submitting for this type of research. Register Here or search “IRB Office Hours” in MyLearning.
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The Compliance Monitoring Program is offering an education seminar on May 8, 2024. This virtual seminar, "Reportable Events: JHM policy and regulatory reporting,” can be accessed in MyLearning at: The JHM OHSR Compliance Monitoring Program Educational Seminar Series. The sessions are open to all research staff and will count towards the in-person requirements for Investigator HSR recertification. Please contact Suzanna Roettger ([email protected]) with any questions.
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The investigational drug data sheet (IDDS) has been revised. As of 1/2/2024, new submissions that involve drugs and require an IDDS will need to use the revised IDDS template located here. Any studies submitted before 1/2/2024, can continue to use the prior IDDS template. However, for studies submitted before 1/2/2024 that add drugs for the first time via a Change in Research, the new IDDS template must be used.
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As of June 5, 2023, the JHM IRB will require all new applications with written consent forms to use the new Version 17 written consent form template. Previously approved studies are generally not required to convert to this new template. Please see the following FAQs for more information about the Version 17 consent form template.
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About the IRB
The Institutional Official who has authority over the JHM Human Subjects Protection Program is the Vice Dean for Clinical Investigation. The current Vice Dean for Clinical Investigation is Dr. Gail Daumit, MD, MHS.
The Johns Hopkins Medicine Institutional Review Boards (JHM IRBs) are responsible for protecting the rights and welfare of the human subjects of research conducted by faculty and staff at the Institutions. The JHM IRBs review all human subjects research projects conducted by Hopkins faculty and staff. To fulfill the agreement underlying the assurances, and to satisfy institutional policy, all faculty and staff at the Institutions must submit for JHM IRB review any human subject research project, regardless of funding source (or lack thereof) and/or location at which the research will be conducted.
Please Note: Part-time faculty are obliged to obtain JHM IRB approval of all human subjects activities conducted under the auspices of their Hopkins’ appointment ( which means “use of Hopkins’ personnel or space or the use of the faculty appointment in correspondence, agreements with sponsors, etc…”).
The Institutions operate under Federal-Wide Assurances associated with each of the organizations linked to the JHM IRBs. List of JHM FWAs
For more information on the federal guidelines that determine the kind of research the JHM IRB is required to approve please visit http://www.hhs.gov/
General IRB Questions
Phone: 410-955-3008