Institutional Review Boards (IRBMED)

A component of the University of Michigan's Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) and a unit of the Office of Research, the six Institutional Review Boards of the University of Michigan Medical School (IRBMED) oversee human subjects research conducted at the Medical School and Michigan Medicine. Read more About IRBMED.

SPOTLIGHT

Single IRB Mandate Compliance Date: January 20, 2020

Any multi-site research that is funded by a Federal Department or Agency that follows the Common Rule, will have to be approved under a single IRB model after January 20, 2020. For a full list of Departments and Agencies that follow the Common Rule, please follow this link and scroll down.

U-M IRBMED has agreed and will continue to agree to be the single IRB for research projects on a case by case basis. For more information on multi-site research, the single IRB mandates (including exceptions to the mandates), and how to request U-M IRBMED to be the single IRB, click here.

If you cannot find the answer you need on that website, please email: irbmedreliance@umich.edu 

HOW IRBMED SUPPORTS RESEARCH

All Guidance

Guidance documents represent the current thinking on protection of human subjects in research. You can search and bookmark any guidance document in Research A-Z.

Informed Consent & Assent Templates

IRBMED offers numerous downloadable templates to assist researchers in creating informed consent and assent documents. In addition to standard consent and assent templates, several specialty templates, for use in specific types of research situations, are also offered. You can search and bookmark any template in Research A-Z.

Education & U-MIC

The goal of IRBMED’s Education Program is to meet the ongoing educational needs of the research community. In addition to in-person classroom education on an assortment of relevant topics, IRBMED also offers multimedia presentations (U-MIC), which are short videos and voiceover slide shows that address topics relating both to ethics in human subjects research and to IRB procedures.

Standard Operating Procedures

The IRBMED Standard Operating Procedures serve as the method by which the IRBMED implements the governing rules of the HRPP Operations Manual (OM). The IRBMED Standard Operating Procedures serve as a reference for investigators, IRBs, administrators, and others.

Information for Study Subjects

The IRBMED protects the rights and welfare of participants in clinical trials and other human subjects research studies by careful review and monitoring of research in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and University policies.

Frequently Asked Questions

A list of FAQs is available to answer commonly asked questions by the research community. If you cannot find an answer to your question here, please contact us at irbmed@umich.edu.

FREQUENTLY VIEWED DOCUMENTS

Standard Informed Consent Template

Exempt Human Subjects Research

Standard Operating Procedures

Adverse Event Reporting

Other Reportable Information or Occurrence (ORIO)