We are Associate Compliance Analysts for the human research protection program (HRPP) at the University of Toledo, in Toledo, OH, conducting a research project titled “Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Human Subjects Research.” Through this project, we hope to gain insight regarding procedural changes that were implemented by HRPPs and IRBs throughout the United States in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and identify practices and procedures that were found to be most effective and efficient during a national emergency. We invite researchers, research compliance staff, and IRB members to participate!  

To be eligible for this research you must be either a researcher who conducts research with human subjects, research compliance staff person who is involved in overseeing research with human subjects, or an IRB member who reviews human subjects research applications.

Your participation will involve an online, anonymous survey that is expected to take 10–15 minutes. If you are interested in participating, please click on the relevant survey link below:

• To participate in the staff/IRB member survey, please click here or paste the following URL into your web browser: https://jhcoeutoledo.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8cRvaEojHl81KS1
• To participate in the researcher survey, please click here or paste the following URL into your web browser: https://jhcoeutoledo.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_24fDGawkK9O0rkx

If you know anyone else that might be interested in this research, please feel free to share this with them.

For questions or additional information, please contact:

Mahesh Pillai, MD, PhD
Associate Compliance Analyst
Human Research Protection Program, University of Toledo
Mahesh.pillai@utoledo.edu
419-383-6796

Nicole Lederer, MEd
Associate Compliance Analyst
Human Research Protection Program, University of Toledo
Nicole.lederer@utoledo.edu
419-530-6167