Att 13_IRB approvals 2010

DATE: March 16, 2010
TO: Kerry Grace Morrissey
Project Director
FROM: Kerry Levin
Chair, Institutional Review Board
SUBJECT: IRB Continuing Review and Approval
Multi-disciplinary Investigations of Nutrition and Cancer
Project #: 8472
FWA 5551
On March 9, 2010, the Westat Institutional Review Board conducted its continuing review of the following: Multidisciplinary Investigations of Nutrition and Cancer, Project #: 8472, including:
8472.01.01
8472.02.01

The NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study
The India Diet and Health Study

Pursuant to 45 CFR pt 46.109(e), continuing review of research studies occurs at intervals appropriate to the
degree of risk but not less frequently than once a year.
In accordance with 45 CFR pt 46, the Board approved the continuation of this study. The next continuing review
will be due on or before March 31, 2011. In the interim, you are responsible for notifying the Institutional Review
Board (IRB) Office as soon as possible if there are any injuries to the subjects, problems with the study, or changes
to study design that relate to human subjects
cc: Institutional Review Board - Sharon Zack