Dec 19, 2022
Revised Standards for In-Person Human Subjects Research are no longer in effect at Penn State University and Penn State College of Medicine.
Jan 11, 2021
A new web-based system, Centralized Application Tracking System Safety (CATS Safety), provides investigators, staff and committee members with a streamlined system for managing biosafety protocols across Penn State.
Aug 1, 2020
Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health have transitioned away from gift cards and checks for reimbursement/payment for clinical research participants. Greenphire ClinCards will replace all previous forms of reimbursement/payment.
May 28, 2020
The Human Research Protection Program at Penn State has once again been awarded full accreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs Inc.
Sep 5, 2019
Lora G. Weiss, interim senior vice president of the Georgia Institute of Technology and interim director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, has been named senior vice president for research at Penn State effective Sept. 16, 2019.
Apr 13, 2018
Through support of Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute's executive committee and the College of Medicine Office of the Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, data use agreements are now not needed in certain circumstances when private health information is transferred from Hershey to University Park.
Oct 15, 2017
A Notice of Changes to NIH Policy for Issuing Certificates of Confidentiality was provided by the Institutional Review Board/Human Subjects Protection Office of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/Penn State College of Medicine in October 2017.
Dec 12, 2016
A Notice of Expansion of Mandatory Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training was provided by the Institutional Review Board/Human Subjects Protection Office of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/Penn State College of Medicine in December 2016.
Nov 20, 2016
A Notice about IRB Roster Information for Research Study Binders was provided by the Institutional Review Board/Human Subjects Protection Office of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/Penn State College of Medicine in November 2016.
Nov 5, 2016
A Notice about the IRB Statement of 21 CFR Part 11 Compliance was provided by the Institutional Review Board/Human Subjects Protection Office of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/Penn State College of Medicine in November 2016.