Announcement - Required PI Training Regarding Expired Studies
As noted in the Memo from the Institutional Official to Principal Investigators (PIs) on October 25, 2021, the 91大神, Baltimore鈥檚 Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) underwent its Association for Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAAHRP) re-accreditation review. During AAAHRP鈥檚 review of UMB鈥檚 HRPP, UMB was found to have expired approvals for Human Subjects Research requiring approval and/or continuing review by the Institutional Review Board (IRB). In response to this finding from AAAHRP, PIs are required to take training on their responsibilities as it relates to maintaining IRB approval and the consequences for allowing IRB approval to expire.
The Office of Accountability and Compliance (OAC) has set up a Blackboard site for you to receive this training. If you are receiving this message, you have been granted PI privileges in CICERO and are required to complete this training before submitting another protocol for approval and before your continuing reviews have been reviewed and approved. To access the training, please complete the following:
- Go to blackboard.umaryland.edu.
- Log in with your UMB credentials.
- Click on 鈥淐ourses鈥� from the left hand menu.
- If you have many courses, in the search bar, type in 鈥淧I Responsibilities 鈥� Human鈥�.
- Click on 鈥淧I Responsibilities 鈥� Human鈥�.
- Once you are in the course, click on 鈥淐ontent鈥� in the left hand menu.
- Click on the folder titled 鈥淓xpired Protocols Training鈥�.
- Next, click on 鈥淓xpired Protocols 鈥� Pre-test鈥�.
- Answer the questions in the pre-test and submit.
- Scroll to the bottom and select 鈥淐lick OK to review results鈥� in the bottom right corner.
- Once you have submitted the pretest, you will receive access to the 鈥淓xpired Protocols鈥� training video and the 鈥淓xpired Protocols 鈥� Post-Test鈥�.
- Watch the Expired Protocols training video.
- Complete the 鈥淓xpired Protocols 鈥� Post-Test鈥� and submit.
- Scroll to the bottom and select 鈥淐lick OK to review results鈥� in the bottom right corner to review your answers.
You must score at least 80% on the posttest.
If you have questions about the content of the training, please contact the Human Research Protections Office (HRPO) at hrpo@umaryland.edu. If you are having trouble accessing the course on the Blackboard site, please contact Sarah N. Archibald at sarchibald@umaryland.edu.
Dr. Susan C. Buskirk
Vice President
Chief Accountability Officer
Institutional Official for Animal and Human Research
Dr. Julie Doherty
Assistant Vice President for Research Compliance
Dr. Robert Rosenthal
IRB Chair