B06 - Evaluating the Impact of Current and Future Single IRB (sIRB) Requirements on Local IRBs

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In the last five years, there has been extensive discussion about how the federal sIRB requirements (e.g., NIH, Common Rule) have changed the HRPP landscape. However, the focus has been on the need to rethink the local processes regarding other institutional reviews when the local IRB is not the IRB of record. Little discussion has been centered on the sIRB's impact on the workload, composition, education, and the number of the IRB committees themselves. This is an especially pressing topic in the light of the upcoming FDA sIRB requirement, which will further centralize IRB review. The goal of this session is to bring awareness around the need to evaluate and respond to the impact of current and future sIRB review requirements on local IRBs and how those evaluations tie into the need to rethink IRB member composition, number of IRBs, and member training. This interactive session will walk through examples of how small and larg research programs can plan for the impact of sIRB requirements on the composition and function of local IRB committees. Tips for strategic planning and evaluations will also be shared.