Ross Hall, 6th Floor
George Washington University Medical Center
2300 Eye Street, NW , Room 613
Washington, D.C. 20037
Phone: (202) 994-2715 Fax: (202) 994-0247
Email: ohrirb@gwumc.edu

Hours of Operation:
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Office Walk-in Hours:
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

OHR Director & Human Protections Administrator:
Leody Bojanowski, M.S., R.N., C.I.P.

OHR Announcements

IRB News from GWUMC Progress Newsletter– "Lieberman Named to Chair Institutional Review Board", Progress: A Newsletter for GWUMC Faculty, Residents, Staff and Students, April 2008, Page 3

NEW SYNOPSIS FORM – Posted on 2/22/08; for expedited and full-committee studies that will hopefully better address the information necessary to conduct a complete review. We will start accepting submissions using this new form immediately, and will slowly phase out the previous synopsis form (so if you have already completed the previous one, it is fine to submit using the old form). We know that there will probably be some formatting and content changes that will have to be made to this new form over the next few months so please be patient and let us know of any major problems you encounter with the new form so we can address them immediately.

NEW CITI TRAINING POLICY – All new investigators will need to complete the appropriate basic CITI training course (as it has always been). HOWEVER, now the refresher courses will only need to be taken every 2 years, instead of every year. Therefore, once you have completed the basic modules for your appropriate area of study, you will only have to complete refresher modules every 2 years from that point on; if you have already completed the refresher modules, you do not have to complete them again until 2 years after your refresher modules finish date.

IRB FORUM – held every 3rd Wednesday of the month (please see Education and Training section for specific details on time and location); alternating biomedical and social/behavioral topics each month (March will be biomedical topic). February Forum covered “IRB process and Paperwork”, which discussed the necessary paperwork and processes for both exempt and expedited reviews. This presentation, as well as other previous presentations, can de downloaded on the Education and Training Section of this site at: http://www.gwumc.edu/research/human/education.html

OHR and IRB Information Updates

• Institutional Review Board (IRB) Correspondence Address
  Office of Human Research
  GWU Institutional Review Board
  2300 Eye Street, NW
  Ross Hall, Suite 613
  Washington, DC 20037
• IRB Meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month
  
• How to request an IRB Number
  All documents submitted to the IRB via the Office of Human Research must include an IRB number for identification purposes.
  To request an IRB number for your new research project or study protocol, please email your request to: ohrirb@gwumc.edu.
  Your request for an IRB number must include the following information:
  - name of the principal investigator,
  - name of the research project/study protocol, and
  - name of sponsor
• General OHR Inquiries
  Have a general question? Not sure who to talk to? Send an email to the OHR mailbox to have your questions regarding human subjects research protections answered. Send an email to ohrirb@gwumc.edu and a member of the OHR team will assist you.
• Policies
  Policies not posted are available upon request. Please call the Office of Human Research at 202-994-2715

Please allow 24 hours to process your requests.