IRB Submission Process
In order for the IRB to review and approve human subjects
research the following items are required:
Complete Human Subjects Protection
Education
We currently utilize Collaborative Institutional Training
Initiative (CITI) for this training: https://www.citiprogram.org/
Certification is good for a three year time period. New
researchers are required to complete two courses:
- Good Clinical Practice
- Either the Biomedical Research
group or the Social Behavioral group, depending on which course is related
to the research
Summa Health System accepts human subjects protection
training from non-CITI sources, i.e. NIH, if the researcher is from
collaborating institutions.
Register in iRIS
iRIS is the new electronic system we use to handle the human
subject research submissions. (https://summa.imedris.net/Login.jsp) An individual must first register and have
their account activated before they can submit their research study. Individuals working on already approved IRB
projects may also need to have access to IRBNet, the previous electronic
submission system.