RAND IRB Determination

NOTIFICATION - EXEMPT
 

From:

Carolyn Tschopik

To:

Lori Uscher-Pines  - Co-PI

Cc:

Lori Uscher-Pines - Primary Contact
Ramya Chari - PI
Virginia Kotzias - Study Team

ID:

2016-0861

Title:

Leveraging the emerging field of disaster citizen science to enhance community resilience and improve disaster response

Description:

The above study is exempt from further HSPC review. This does *not* mean the research is exempt from meeting ethical requirements; rather it means the investigators are on their own recognizance to assure that basic ethical principles are met (for clarity on these principles, see http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/belmont.htm). If there is another organization also "engaged" in the research, that organization may do its own review and may not exempt the study.   Please contact the HSPC immediately if the research changes in any ways that may affect human subjects involvement. 

Action Required:

PI is responsible for carrying out appropriate consent and data safeguarding procedures and any changes to the planned activities or uses of the results must be reported to the HSPC.

PI should follow HSPC guidance on informed consent for expert interviews and use strong data safeguarding procedures.
http://intranet.rand.org/groups/hspc/ExpertIW.html

Date of Determination:

10/28/2016

CURRENT STUDY REVIEW STATUS

Project Number:

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Funding Source:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Prime Recipient:

RAND

RAND Unit(s):

Health

Human Subjects:

Yes

Type of Review:

Exempt

Exemption Categories:

Category	Exemption Category
2 - Adult Interviews and Surveys Exemption

Component Approvals:

Citizen science stakeholders: (1) end users of citizen science data (e.g., health departments, policymakers); (2) academics and citizen science-sponsoring organizations; and (3) individual citizen scientists

Procedure	Approved	Motion	Category
Individual and group interviews	Fri Oct 28 00:00:00 PDT 2016	Exempt - Determination	Exempt Category: 2 - Adult Interviews and Surveys Exemption

Local health departments

Procedure	Approved	Motion	Category
Survey	Fri Oct 28 00:00:00 PDT 2016	Exempt - Determination	Exempt Category: 2 - Adult Interviews and Surveys Exemption

Contingencies:

Description	Date Due	Date Completed
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Assurance number:

FWA00003425

IRB number:

IRB00000051

Administrator:

Carolyn Tschopik

 The HSPC is RAND's Institutional Review Board to review research involving human subjects, as required by federal regulations. RAND's "Federalwide Assurance for the Protection of Human Subjects" (FWA00003425, effective through July 1, 2018, at http://intranet.rand.org/groups/hspc/fwa.pdf) serves as our assurance of compliance with the regulations of 16 federal departments and agencies. According to this assurance, the Committee is responsible for review regardless of source of funding.