Getting Started

About the IRB

• What needs IRB Review and Approval?
   
• Overview of Submission Process
   
• Categories for Exempt Research
   
• Categories for Expedited Review

• Committee Members
   
• Meeting Dates
  
  
• Informed Consent form - Basic Elements

Policies / Procedures

 Consent Process

• Adverse Event Reporting Guidelines
   
• Guidance Protocol Deviation
   
• IRB Policies and Procedures
  • Non-Compliance
   
• Investigator's Handbook
   
• IRB Forms
   
• IRB Fee Policy
  
  
• Student Research with Human Subjects - Guidance
   
• Research Involving Coded (Anonymous) Information or Biological Samples - Guidance



• Data and Safety Monitoring Plans (Guidance)
  
  
• Deception and Incomplete Disclosure (Guidance)
  • Debriefing Template


• Training
• USC Requirements
• Human Subjects Training

• Additional Guidance for Projects Involving DNA
  
  
• Assent Form for Minors
  
  
• Consent Form Template
   
• Consent Form for Minors
   
• Guidance Invitation - Letter vs. Signed Consent
   
• Guidelines for Obtaining Informed Consent