Human Subjects Research: What is it? How do you navigate through the IRB process?
A Two-Part Workshop Series for Graduate Students
With Rebecca D. Armstrong, D.V.M., Ph.D., Director of the Office for the Protection of Human Subjects

WORKSHOP I
FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH
Thursday, February 24, 2009
10:00 a.m. until noon
370 Dwinelle Hall

This workshop will cover the following topics:
  • What is human subjects research?
  • What are the regulations governing human subjects research?
  • Is what I’m doing research that involves human subjects?
  • What does it mean when your research is exempt, expedited, or full board?
  • What is CPHS and who is OPHS and how do they interrelate?
  • How do CPHS and OPHS relate to the Sponsored Projects Office (SPO)?
  • What is the Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI) Course in the Protection of Human Subjects and am I required to take it?

WORKSHOP II
NAVIGATING THE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD (IRB) PROCESS
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
370 Dwinelle Hall

This workshop will cover the nuts and bolts of submitting a research protocol to the Office for the Protection of Human Subjects, and it will focus on the following two topics:

 A. Completing the Forms and Writing the Narratives
            How do you get a protocol through the approval process?
            When do you submit amendments to protocols?
            How do you write a good narrative?

B. Informed Consent and the Informed Consent Process
            What is informed consent?
            How do you write an informed consent form? What should you include? 

There is no preregistration for either of these workshops.

Although graduate students are encouraged to attend both parts of this workshop series, attendance in both is not required.
Wheelchair accessible. For disability-related accommodations, please call (510) 643-9392, ten days in advance.

For more information about this workshop series, please contact Academic Services, Graduate Division, University of California, Berkeley, 321 Sproul Hall, (510) 643-9392. For more information about the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS) and the Office for the Protection of Human Subjects (OPHS), go to their Web site: http://cphs.berkeley.edu/.
Workshop flyer - workshop information as a PDF file to print and distribute

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