NORC IRB Approval

Institutional Review Board Certification

Initial Submission -- Full Board Approval

Principal Investigator/Project Director: Dawn Smith (CDC)/Stuart Michaels
Department: Public Health Research
IRB Protocol Number: 14.03.01
Project Number: 7574
Protocol Title: Context Matters
Expiration Date*: 3/16/2015

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.
The IRB has approved a waiver of parental permission for this study for participation of
minors ages 18 years old in states where the age of majority is higher than 18 years old.
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

4.24.2014
Date

Phone: 773-256-6000

www.norc.uchicago.edu