February:  Interviews and Surveys: What does the IRB Need to Know; Expert Interviews

  March:  IRB Staff Changes, OHRP Informed Consent Training, International Devices, OUE Review.

  April:  As Summer Research Approaches, OHRP Key Information Draft Guidance, External IRB Submissions, IRB Staff Change

  January: Welcome Back from Winter Recess, New Year Resolution - Suggestions for Common Submission Problems, Engagement

February: NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy (DMSP) Now Live!, NIH DMSP Survey to Assess Needs of the Harvard Research Community, Determination versus Approval

March: NIH DMSP Survey to Assess Needs of the Harvard Research Community, Harvard Medical School & Yale Symposium – Registration Now Open, GAO Report on the Oversight and Effectiveness of IRBs, Pilot studies - Do they require IRB oversight?

April: Oh, We've Got Ethics Training!, Last Chance for Harvard Undergraduate In-Person Training for Spring 2023, Exempt Research - Everything You Wanted to Know, Exculpatory

 May: Reminder about Closure Requests on Exempt Studies, A (very) Brief Overview of Faculty Sponsor and PI Eligibility, Primary Contact or PI Proxy - what's the difference?

June: AAHRPP Re-Accreditation Site Visit Coming Soon; Leaving Harvard? Plan and Take Action Prior to Your Departure; Helpful Reminders: Data Use Agreements, Current Version of the HUA IRB Protocol Template, Paying Participants, Use of the Harvard Name and Insignias; Individual Investigator Agreements

July: Hot off the Press! DRAFT Limited IRB Review Guidance Ready for Your Review; It's Summer and the IRB is Open for Business; Some Great Information and Related Resources from our Friends at Harvard Catalyst; Payments to Research Subjects

September: Welcome to Harvard!, IRB Lifecycle Guide -- Your Lifeline for All Things IRB, Managing Relationships -- The Compliance Kind, PI Assurance, Farewell to Departing Staff

October: Keep that Thinking Cap On, Human Subjects Protection Training, URTP Training Dates, Training Documentation in ESTR, University Administrator Resources by Role, Human Subjects Research

November: Ancillary Review - Faculty Sponsor; Data Safety; Provostial Review

December: Winter Recess Reminder; 6 Tips to Speed Your Review Webpage; Identifiability

  January 2022: ESTR Unavailable January 13 - 14, IRB Office Remote Again, PIPL Data Considered Sensitive, Changes to Documentation for GDPR, Exculpatory

  February 2022: Is it Human Subjects Research? We have a form for that!, If Scheduling Your IRB Office Hours Using the Online Booking Tool, Check Your Spam/Junk Folder, What Type of Data Is This?, Fee Webinar Series on the Common Rule from the Office for Human Research Protection (OHRP), Human Subjects Research

  March 2022: New NIH Data Sharing Policy, Proposed Revisions to the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy, URTP Training Dates, Does an Oral History Project Require IRB Review?

April 2022: New NIAAA Data Sharing Policy -- Effective Immediately,  Revision to Department/School Distribution Coming Soon, Removing Study Team Members?,  Collaborating with Another Institution? Check out our updated website page,  Submit button,  Deception and Incomplete Disclosure

  May 2022: Lotteries and Raffles as a Form of Subject Compensation, We Love to Hear from You, but We Don't Need To! Modifications on Exempt Determinations and Continuing Review on studies that follow the 2018 Requirements, Multi-Site/Collaborative vs. Single-Site vs. Location - What Is the Difference?

  June 2022: ESTR Etiquette, HRPP and HRPP Plan

  July 2022: Leaving Harvard?, Who Owns Research Data?, Agency and Engagement of Visiting Scholars (Fellows and Faculty)

August 2022: NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy, Are You an Undergraduate Planning to Conduct Research with People?, What it Means to be a Faculty Sponsor

September 2022: Welcome to Harvard, IRB Lifecycle Guide -- Your Lifeline for All Things IRB, What Type of Data Is This?, Debriefing

October 2022: Reminder! Ensure that Your Study Team is Up To Date in ESTR, This is a Busy Time of Year for Us, Research that Might Require IRB Oversight

November 2022: Are You Ready for the New NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy?, CITI Training Completion Now Available in the Harvard Training Portal, Study Team Members

December 2022: More Resources to Prepare You for the NIH Data Safety Management Policy, Plan for Winter Recess, GSAS Student Dissertations and Agency, Remember to Use the Most Current Version of the IRB Protocol Template, Scientific and Scholarly Review

January 2021 - We're Accredited!, IRB Office Hours Now at Harvard Law School, Repositories

February 2021 - Reminder: Review Timeline, Reminder: School/Department Approval for In-Person Research, Funding Deadline? Other Sensitive Deadline?  Leave a Comment!, Exculpatory

March 2021 - New Phase for Resumption of In-Person Research, New Agreements Tool - WAIT, URTP Training Dates, IRB Lifecycle Guide, Manage Relationships, Exempt

April 2021 - WAIT Tool Update, Conducting Research as a Student, FWA, Agency, and Engagement and Why It's Important in Collaborative/Multi-Institutional Research

May 2021 - Conducting Research in Brazil, MTurk ID's -- Yep, they are an "Identifier", Policy on the Use of Harvard Names and Insignias, Leaving Harvard? Plan Ahead and Take Action Prior To Departure

June 2021 - IRB Lifecycle Guide - Your Lifeline for All Things IRB, Informed Consent & You, 118 Determination

July 2021 - Resumption of Research - COVID-19 Update, CITI Training Now Available in Spanish, Just Arriving at Harvard?  Or Are You Departing Harvard?  Tips for a successful transition, Prompt Reporting Requirements

  August 2021 - Keep Your IRB Submission Up to Date!, Harvard Catalyst Community Engagement Program, External IRB Submissions

September 2021 - New GDPR Document - Just Released, What's New on Our Website, What to Know When Your Harvard Research Study Will Involve MGB, DoD Research Regulations

October 2021 - Who is an Agent of Harvard?, Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), What it Means to Be a Faculty Sponsor, What's New on Our Website, Coercion and Undue Influence

November 2021 - PIPL - New Information Posted, URTP - What You Need to Know, URTP In-Person Training Dates, Recruiting from Harvard Guidelines, ESTR Not Available this Weekend, Principal Investigator Eligibility

December 2021 - Office Closed for Winter Recess, Tips for a successful IRB Review, HRPP & HRPP Plan

January 2020 - AAHRPP Tip Sheet #1, Single IRB requirements, Review of the Revised Rule, Harvard IRBs Master Agreement, IRB Determination and Approval Dates

February 2020 - Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Study Team Member, Sending comments in ESTR, Minimal Risk Studies and Consent Forms,Tracking Harvard Staff on External IRB Submissions

March 2020 - Data Safety System, Revised HRDSP, Local Context Forms, Principal Investigator Assurance

COVID-19 Update (March 12 2020) 

April 2020 - New and Modified COVID-19 studies, Delay of HRDSP, Written Documentation of Consent

May 2020 - Pilot of Updated Research Data Security Policy Guidance, Collaboration Tools Matrix, ESTR Upgrade Planned May 29-June 1, Documented Consent, Data Use Agreements

June 2020 - Re-Starting Research at Harvard, COVID Procedures:  What to Submit and What Not To Submit To IRB, ESTR Release - Upgrade, In ESTR: Comment VS. Response, Anonymous, De-Identified, and Coded Data

July 2020 - Resumption of Research - What's Next?, IRB Lifecycle Guide, Federal Wide Assurance (FWA), Agency, and Engagement: Why it's Important in Collaborative/Multi-Institutional Research

August 2020 - AAHRPP Site Visit Countdown, Lapsed IRB Approvals and Administrative Closure, Parent Permission

September 2020 - AAHRPP Site Visit and link to training webpage, Resumption of In-Person Research, GDPR Reminder, Exempt

October 2020 - AAHRPP Site Visit Success, What to submit to the IRB during COVID, Institutional Official

November 2020 - Meet Your School/Deptartment IRB Reviewer, Choose URTP as Your Department if you are an Undergraduate Researcher, Don't Forget to Manage Relationships, Human Subjects Research

December 2020 - sIRB Researcher Responsibilities, Holiday Break Reminder, Conducting International Research? Scientific and Scholarly Review

 December 2019 - Study Site versus Local Site, ESTR "mini-upgrade",  IRB Office closed for Winter Recess, Distribution/IRB Administrator Changes, IRB Office Hours

 November 2019 - Changes to Data Security at Harvard, External IRB Requirements, Repository Appication, Distribution/IRB Administrator Revision, Undergraduate Research Ethics Training

 October 2019 - AAHRPP Highlight - Institutional Policies:  Finders Fees, Mechanical Turk (MTURK) Attention Checks, Key Tips for IRB Submissions, Broad Consent

 September 2019 - AAHRPP Tip Sheets, Storing Identifiable Data, IRB Office Hours, Benefits of Participation

 August 2019 - Harvard HRPP Review and Resources, 118 Determination, Review of Research Requiring IRB Review, 3rd Party Subjects

 July 2019 - Leaving Harvard, IRB Office Hours, Foreseeable Risks

 June 2019 - AAHRPP Accreditation and Training Sessions, Cooperative Research, Unanticipated Problem Involving Risks To Subjects or Others (UPIRTSO)

 May 2019-IRB News Extra! - IRB Office Moving to 44-R Brattle, Suite 200, Data Security Review Pilot

 May 2019 - HUA IRB Office Moving to 44-R Brattle, Suite 200, Lapsed Approval Notice, External IRB Process Update, External IRB Review - Terms You Need To Know

 April 2019 - ESTR Update, Distribution/IRB Administrator Changes, Training Dates:  Revised Rule and URTP, Repository Application, HRPP and HRPP Plan

 March 2019 - AAHRPP Accreditation Process, Leaving Harvard, Exculpatory

February 2019 - Transitioning Existing Studies to the 2018 Requirements, Benign Behavioral Intervention

 January 2019 - IRB Office Closed for Winter Recess, Major Changes with the Revised Rule, Revised Rule Presentation Dates, Revised URTP Process, Recruiting Staff/Lab Members as Study Participants, Legally Authorized Representative (LAR)

December 2018 - Revised Rule Presentation Dates, Working with Native American Populations, Engagement

November 2018 - Revised Rule Presentation Dates/AAHRPP Training Preparation, New NIH Training Alternative for Non-Affiliates, Seeking Volunteers to Test Electronic "Wizard" in ESTR, Agreements - DUA Submission System, Key Information

October 2018 - Accreditation Step 1 Application, IRB Submission Forms on the IRB Website, IRB Administrator Job Opening, Compensating Subjects

September 2018 - HRPP Plan, Mechanical Turk (MTURK) article in Wired Magazine, IRB Protocol Template Overhaul, Seeking Volunteers for "Exempt Wizard", Mandated Reporter

August 2018 - Three Burden Reducing Provisions (3BRP), Accreditation Self-Assessment and Revised Documents, Exempt

July 2018 - Three Burden Reducing Provisions, URTP Summer Undergraduate Training Dates, About Whom

June 2018 - AAHRPP Tip Sheets, GDPR, URTP Summer Undergraduate Training Dates, Identifiability

May 2018 - AAHRPP Standards and Elements, Department Distribution Revision, Deception vs. Incomplete Disclosure

April 2018 - AAHRPP Accreditation, HRPP, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Leaving Harvard, Exculpatory

March 2018 - Find Your IRB Contact, Harvard Research Data Security Policy (HRDSP), Long Form, Short Form, or Information Sheet

February 2018 - New SOPs, Templates, and Forms, Ethics Training Check-In, NIH Clinical Trial, Practicable

January 2018 - Revised Rule News

January 2018 - Prepare for the Revised Rule, Introducing URTP, Multi-Site Versus Single-Site