» IRB Policies

The Chapman University Institutional Review Board (IRB) operates under policies and procedures mandated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office for Human Research Protections. These policies are available for review at www.hhs.gov/ohrp/. The following documents are meant to serve both as policy statements for the Chapman University IRB and as guidelines for investigators involving human subjects in their research.

 

List of IRB Guidance Documents

Name of IRB guidance document

Date of current version

General Procedures Manual

 May-09-2023

Recruitment of Research Participants

 May-13-2024

Participant Recruitment Pools

 Oct-07-2024

Vulnerable Populations in Research

 Jun-17-2022

Guidelines for Student Classroom Projects and Research Involving Human Subjects

 Aug-22-2022

Informed Consent

 Jul-14-2022

Initial Review of Human Subject Research

 Apr-05-2024

Renewals of Research Involving Human Participants

 May-09-2023

IRB Review of Modifications

 Mar-04-2024

Study Closure

 Oct-04-2023

Post-Approval Monitoring

 May-09-2023

Incident Reports

 Aug-09-2022

Research Noncompliance

 Jun-17-2022

Suspension and Termination of Research

 Jun-17-2022

Reporting to Regulatory Agencies and Sponsor Regarding Research Involving Human Participants

 May-12-2023

Guidance for Accessing Health Data Including Protected Health Information (PHI)

 Apr-24-2024

Data and Safety Monitoring Plan

 May-15-2023

Research Involving Deception or Incomplete Disclosure

 May-09-2023

Guidelines for International Research

 May-09-2023

Conflict of Interest

 Apr-10-2022

Device Checklist Guidance

 Sept-14-2023

Audio, Video or Digital Recordings

 Jul-16-2021

Use of Raffles/Drawings in Research

 Feb-02-2018

Research Using Data Collection on Social Media and Online Communities

 May-13-2024

For more detailed information on changes to the guidelines, please click here.