Institutional Review Board

The IRB holds two sessions a month during the academic year called 'Ask the IRB'. As the name infers, it is time that you can use to ask questions of the IRB staff and engage in discussion.

Many of our programs are recorded and can be viewed at a later date.

• IRB Programs
• Other Education Programs

Need advice about a new study or have questions about an existing study.

Contact Nick Landolina, IRB Office manager, at 412.383.1622 or landna@upmc.edu. We recommend that you make an appointment but same day appointments are certainly possible.

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It is always a very good sign when an investigator receives a 'just-in-time' request from NIH. The IRB Office is asking all investigators to contact the IRB upon receipt of a JIT request (or if they are anticipating a JIT request), so that we can ensure appropriate deployment of IRB resources.

E-mail the IRB Director, Christopher Ryan (ryancm@upmc.edu), with 'JIT' in the subject line, and whenever possible, do this BEFORE actually hitting the 'submit' button in OSIRIS.

In the e-mail text, investigators should provide the OSIRIS protocol (PRO) number (note: as soon as an application is opened in OSIRIS, a PRO number is generated), upload a complete copy of the grant application in OSIRIS (investigators may redact actual salary information), and summarize the JIT request (including due date).

Investigators should also indicate in the e-mail whether this is a single site protocol (i.e., data collection solely at Pitt), or whether Pitt is also serving in some type of 'coordinating center' or 'data center' for a study that includes two or more data collection sites.

Phone: (412) 383-1480
Fax: (412) 383-1508
OSIRIS Questions: irb@pitt.edu