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The Institutional Review Board and Conducting Research at AHS
The Vermont Agency of Human Services requires that research conducted by any component of the agency involving human subjects, their health related information and/or any potential risk to human subjects, be approved before the research is begun. The Agency Institutional Review Board (IRB) reviews applications concerning research on human subjects or their protected health information when the subjects are Agency clients or recipients of public services or benefits furnished by the Agency and when the research is proposed by, affiliated with, conducted at the request of, or involves an Agency department, division, program or office.
How do I know if I need to submit my proposal under these guidelines?
Resources:
- AHS research policy for protections of human subjects
- IRB members and meeting schedule
- IRB application (MS Word)
- IRB procedures
- Lay Summary/Consent Form Guidance
- Sample Lay Summary/Consent Form
- Exculpatory language samples (Federal Health and Human Services web site)
- HIPAA Research Policy (PDF)
- Request for Continuing Review (MS Word)
- Questions? Contact the AHS IRB by email or telephone (802-241-2234)
Tools for IRB Members & Researchers
- Informed consent checklist (MS Word)
- IRB protocol review checklist (MS Word)
- IRB continuing review checklist (MS Word)
- UVM Tutorial (UVM web site - Certificates of completion are required for all members of research team, please submit with the IRB application)
- Office of Human Research Protections Guidebook (Federal Health and Human Services web site)
- NIH IRB Member Tutorial (National Institutes of Health web site)
