Assignment 1

IRB Training Via Office of Human Research Protection (OHRP)

Prior to submitting an IRB Application for review of the Student’s DBA Dissertation Proposal, the student must complete the IRB Training via the Office of Human Research Protection (OHRP) and provide the certificate of completion as described below. OHRP Training from the Department of Health and Human Services https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/education-and-outreach/human-research-protection-program-fundamentals/index.html/assurance-training. Students should read through all three modules found in the training course. At the end of the third module, the student will see a link to print a PDF certificate of completion. The student should print this document, sign it on the name line (the student should also print out her or his name) and date it on the dateline. The PDF certificate of completion should be scanned, photographed, or otherwise digitized and saved. The digitized certificate should be upload to IRBNet if the student is working on an IRB application or emailed to [email protected]. The training certificate will be considered valid for three years.

IRB Application and Review

All research involving human subjects conducted by Concordia students or personnel is submitted to the IRB for review. This includes research projects, whether funded or unfunded. Research conducted by an investigator affiliated with Concordia-Chicago at an off-campus site(s) or in collaboration with an investigator at another institution is submitted to the Concordia-Chicago IRB. There are three different mechanisms used by the IRB to review research projects:

1. Full board review 

2. Expedited review

3. Exempt review

Instructions on how to submit research proposals for IRB review is available in the IRB Manual , published online at https://www.cuchicago.edu/academics/academic-research/. All required materials (consent forms, letters of agreement, instruments, etc.) are to be submitted by the Principal Investigator (PI) via IRBNet. For more information regarding what activities do not require IRB review, please see IRB’s  Guidance on Determining Whether IRB Review Is Required available at https://www.cuchicago.edu/academics/academic-research/. Questions or concerns regarding IRB review, can be made via [email protected].