Updates

The WVU Office of Human Research Protections will delay previously announced process changes for Not Human Subjects Research (NHSR) and for projects that don’t require IRB review until Monday, Feb. 17. This decision is based on initial findings and feedback during user acceptance testing. 

Update 11/20/204: Please see updated announcement as the implementation date has been updated to February 17th, 2025. 

Coming Soon: A new submission process for NHSR and other projects that do not require IRB review will be in effect on December 9th. The process for Flex submissions will remain the same. As a reminder, while shown as NHSR/Flex in WVU+kc, these are two unique protocol types—NHSR and Flex. These two protocol types were initially combined into one (NHSR/Flex) submission process in WVU+kc because of system limitations when the Flex protocol type was rolled out in 2018. Any new and pending NHSR protocol submissions should be submitted by November 22nd to allow for sufficient time for processing ahead of the transition. Information on the new process will be communicated soon!  If you have any questions, please email irb@mail.wvu.edu. 

The WVU Office of Human Research Protections is offering Office Hours via Zoom to provide support to the research community. Investigators, research staff, and/or students are encouraged to drop into these sessions at their convenience with questions about ongoing research, developing research projects, the WVU+kc system, general IRB considerations, etc. A variety of staff from OHRP will be available to answer questions and provide support. Contact Kasandra Lambert for questions.

Implementation of the revised Not Human Subjects Research submission process is being rescheduled until next year (2024), the WVU Office of Human Research Protections announced.

The WVU Office of Human Research Protections is offering Office Hours via Zoom to provide support to the research community. Investigators, research staff, and/or students are encouraged to drop into these sessions at their convenience with questions about ongoing research, developing research projects, the WVU+kc system, general IRB considerations, etc. A variety of staff from OHRP will be available to answer questions and provide support. Contact Kasandra Lambert for questions.

Dear Research Community,

WVU OHRP Office Hours for Friday, April 14th from 10:30-11:30 am has been canceled. Please join us for Office Hours on Monday, April 24th from 1:30-2:30, and keep an eye out for additional dates this fall. For more information about Office Hours, please follow the link below.

Spring 2023 Office Hours

The WVU Office of Human Research Protections is offering Office Hours via Zoom to provide support to the research community. Investigators, research staff, and/or students are encouraged to drop into these sessions at their convenience with questions about ongoing research, developing research projects, the WVU+kc system, general IRB considerations, etc. A variety of staff from OHRP will be available to answer questions and provide support. Contact Kasandra Lambert for questions. Stay up to date by visiting the OHRP calendar periodically and keep an eye out for email reminders from the WVU+kc users listserv.

The WVU OHRP has developed and released new eConsent templates for REDCap. The eConsent templates have been updated to remove the permission to use email language, are separated by use type (remote or in-person), and include updated descriptions to allow study teams to more readily identify which template is most appropriate for their study.