IRB approval

Institutional Review Board Certification

Initial Submission -- Full Board Approval

Principal Investigator/Project Director: Stuart Michaels
Department: Public Health/Academic Research Center
IRB Protocol Number: 16.01.04
Project Number: 7836
Protocol Title: Developing Tools to Engage Adolescent Men Who Have Sex with Men
(AMSM)
Expiration Date*: 3/20/2017

This certifies that the research protocol and consent documents described above have been
approved by the NORC Institutional Review Board (IRB00000967), under its Federalwide
Assurance #FWA00000142, which is valid through July 10, 2018.
For the inclusion of minors the risk determination approved under Subpart D is 406 (more
than minimal risk).
The IRB has approved a waiver of documentation of consent and due to the sensitive nature
of this project, has also approved a waiver of parental consent under 45 CFR 46.116(d).
Any amendments or other changes to this protocol must be submitted for review by the
NORC IRB, and all adverse events must be reported to the NORC IRB.
The IRB has approved your research for a period of 12 months. To avoid a lapse in IRB
approval, please submit your continuing review materials to the IRB at least 2 weeks prior
to the expiration date listed above. Although the IRB will provide reminders to you
about renewing your study’s approval as you near the expiration date, it is the
responsibility of the principal investigator and project director to ensure that IRB
approval does not lapse and that continuing review materials are submitted before
a study’s approval expires.

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Karen H. Grigorian, IRB Chair

55 East Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603

3.29.2016
Date

Phone: 773-256-6000

www.norc.uchicago.edu