What's New (OUHSC Campus)

A new IRB roster for Board 3, effective 5/15/2023, has been published on the About Us page under Board Rosters, available here. 

Planned iRIS System Updates - Log Out of iRIS BEFORE 4:00pm on Thursday, 3/9/2023

iRIS will undergo planned system updates on Thursday, March 9 beginning at 4:00pm. The updates could take 2-4 hours to complete.

iRIS will be offline and not accessible during the update. 

To avoid losing any work, please plan to save your work and log out of iRIS before 4:00pm on 3/9. 

Users should be able to access iRIS after the planned update period ends. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. 

The Determination Worksheet has been updated and published in iRIS.

Changes Impacting ALL Campuses:

• Project Information has been reorganized and many questions regarding the proposed activity have changed from multiple choice to open-ended text response.
  • These open-ended questions are required and may not be left unanswered.

Changes Impacting HSC IRB Only:

• HHS regulatory definitions related to research and human subjects have moved from help bubbles and are now located within form sections and questions.
• Local definitions for systematic investigation and generalizable knowledge have been added to the form.
• New explanation text boxes were added to the questions for systematic investigation and generalizable knowledge.
  • When present, these text boxes are required and may not be left unanswered.
• Identifiable and coded nature of data/biospecimens was previously addressed through multiple questions. These questions have been consolidated into one question.
• New section for QI Projects has been added to the form.  

For questions or more information, please contact your appropriate campus IRB Office: irb@ou.edu (Norman IRB) or irb@ouhsc.edu (HSC IRB)

A new IRB roster for Board 2, effective 2/27/2023, has been published on the About Us page under Board Rosters, available here. 

A new IRB roster for Board 3, effective 2/1/2023, has been published on the About Us page under Board Rosters, available here.