Welcome to the Institutional Review Board

for Health Sciences Research   (IRB-HSR)

The IRB-HSR is responsible for reviewing all medically related research involving human subjects conducted by UVA faculty, employees and students. The IRB-HSR also serves as the HIPAA Privacy Board for research involving Protected Health Information (PHI).

Federal Wide Assurance (FWA) number is 00006183.

Our website will be updated this summer 

IRB-HSR Summer Retreat 

The IRB-HSR is planning a retreat to get together for some fun on grounds at UVA.  Please be aware that we will be closing the office on Thursday, June 6th, and Friday, June 7th, 2024, while we attend these team building activities.

NOTICE:  Using large language models (LLMs) like Chat GPT, Bing/Copilot, Bard/Gemini, Claude, etc. for any purpose in the development, conduct, analysis or publication of human subjects research must be approved by the IRB prior to implementation. Information on LLM Services and Generative AI Tools that are available at UVA can be found on the Information Technology Services website here: https://in.virginia.edu/genai