HRPP Newsletter April 2023

New Form for DoIT Email Recruitment Services 

The UW, as part of its mission as a research institution, allows campus-affiliated researchers to use email to send its faculty, staff, and students information about research subject participation opportunities.  Changes have been made to the request form and lead-time required to use this service.  Please see a description of the services and changes here. 

Education Opportunities 

• The Professional Research Education Program (PREP) webpage has been revised for easier navigation. Recordings of past courses are now grouped by topic, including consent, recruitment, DEI, confidentiality/HIPAA, study conduct & coordination, and IRB submissions.    

Updated Stigmatizing Studies Guidance in UConnect 

UConnect includes guidance on what studies should be flagged as stigmatizing in Oncore, and the process for doing so.  Flagging a study as stigmatizing in Oncore limits the type of information about the study that is placed in a subject’s medical record.  This guidance has been expanded to now include studies where the IRB has waived parental consent because the minor subject population is one where parental consent is not a reasonable requirement to protect subjects (e.g., abused or neglected children) or where parental consent is not required because minors have a right under state law to consent for themselves to the treatment or procedures involved in the research.  Please log in to UConnect to access updated guidance.