IRB Guidelines

Name Description
Activities Involving Human Subjects Research
Adverse Events Reporting
Advertising and Subject Recruitment
Assent Guidance for Minors
Audio Recordings of Research Participants
Baystate Collaborative Research/IRB Review
Biological Specimens & Private Information
Certificates of Confidentiality Tip Sheet
Classroom Research Projects and the IRB
Close Requests
Data Monitoring
Data Use Agreements
Debriefing Process Guidance
Determining Whether IRB Review is Required for an Activity
Education Research Settings
Ethnographic Research
Extra Credit for Participating in Research
Focus Group Research
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Privacy Rule
International Affective Picture System (IAPs)
Mandatory Reporting
MTurk Guidance
NIH Single IRB Policy for Multi-site Research
Oral and Short Form Written Consent
Oral History
Recruiting at UMass
Research in Higher Education Settings
Research in K-12 Settings
Research Involving Minors
Research Responsibility
Revisions to a Protocol
Screening Activities Used to Determine Eligibility for Participation in Research
Sensitive Topics
Social Media Research Guidance
Student Researchers and Advisors
Study Personnel
Subject Recruitment Databases
Suicidal Ideation Response Guidance
Survey Guidelines
Types of Review