Institutional Review Board

The IRB holds two 'Ask the IRB' sessions a month during the academic year. This is an opportunity to receive updates and ask questions of the IRB.

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Contact us at 412.383.1480 or askirb@pitt.edu. We recommend that you make an appointment but same day appointments are certainly possible.

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Are you currently conducting, or planning to conduct, research at sites outside the US? The IRB strongly recommends that you attend the upcoming Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) sponsored program focused entirely on international research.
visit www.irb.pitt.edu/2012conf.aspx for more information.

The University of Pittsburgh IRB is migrating to a new human subjects training program that has been developed by Collaborative Institutional Training Institute (CITI). Effective March 5, 2012, this program will replace the previously required ”Module 1 –Research Integrity“ and ”Module 2 – Human Subjects Research“.

Timetable: New OSIRIS users (i.e., students, faculty or staff who have not completed modules 1 and 2 by March 4, 2012) must complete the CITI training prior to obtaining access to OSIRIS. Current OSIRIS users (i.e., those who completed modules 1 and 2 at sometime in the past) have one year to complete these new requirements (by March 31, 2013).

Visit www.citi.pitt.edu for more detailed information.

Contact us at irb@pitt.edu if you need assistance. Faculty members who have specific questions about these changes are welcome to contact the IRB Director, Christopher Ryan, at ryancm@upmc.edu.

The University of Pittsburgh IRB is migrating to a new human subjects training program that has been developed by Collaborative Institutional Training Institute (CITI). Effective March 5, 2012, this program will replace the previously required “Module 1 –Research Integrity” and “Module 2 – Human Subjects Research”.
Click here for an overview and timetable information.
Click here to access the Pitt CITI portal and more information.

All approved non-exempt studies REGARDLESS OF STATUS in the OSIRIS Version 1 format which will still be active on or after June 30, 2012 must be converted to OSIRIS Version 2 prior to that date or they will be automatically withdrawn from the system.Click here for more information.

The IRB Office is asking investigators to contact us upon receipt of a JIT request to permit appropriate deployment of resources.
Click here for more information.