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September 2025

Insight Active Updates

All new studies should now be submitted in Insight!

What about Amendments and Continuing Reviews?

Because of data migration issues, there are some temporary restrictions on these types of submissions.

• If your existing study already migrated to Insight, and it's NOT on this list Migrated studies with data issues in Insight.xlsx then you are free to submit amendments and continuing reviews.
• If your existing study already migrated to Insight and IS on this list, then please hold off on submitting amendments and continuing reviews. We hope to have this resolved sometime this week!
• If your existing study is NOT in Insight, we will work to wrap up anything currently in process in eIRB. Any new amendments or continuing reviews should wait until your study is migrated. See below for timeline.

*If you have an urgent submission, please contact the listserv at IRB@emory.edu

Update on Remaining Study Migrations

We will be doing one more migration of all remaining studies to Insight starting on Friday, 9/19. Anything not fully approved by 5pm on 9/18 will need to be re-submitted in Insight. This includes new studies, amendments and continuing reviews thus it's imperative that you are responsive to your IRB analyst as we try to wrap things up.  The migration is expected to take a few business days...more details to come!

As a reminder, Emory IRB will now only require you to update the study team list at Continuing Review or Expedited Check-In (the same as we've been doing for external-IRB studies).

Note on VA Exceptions: The VA has not adopted this policy. Any study team updates for VA studies should be made in real-time. See guidance from the VA for more details.

Note on Grady Exceptions: Grady study team members needing access to EPIC will need to complete study team updates in real-time.

Protocol Template Update

The following studies will not require a “Detailed Protocol” and will just need a detailed Lay Summary:

• Secondary Data Analysis
• Chart reviews
• Exempt projects that fall into the Exemption categories on the Study Overview form

You can keep informed about the Insight project across all of Research Administration on the Insight SharePoint page.

If you need to submit and encounter issues, please submit a Helpdesk ticket.

Insight General Reminders

• Please take the required training in Brainier before using Insight. It will make your experience much better.
  • Your assigned trainings will show up automatically in the "Assigned" tab under My Learning
  • Your access may be revoked after a certain grace period, until you complete the training.
• Insight's “Humans” module relies more on forms questions, and less on attachments. Some types of submissions will no longer even need a protocol attachment. The forms questions should help the IRB get exactly the information we need, with less back and forth.
  • For existing studies migrating into Insight: We are transferring as much data as we can, but you‘ll need to complete many new form questions when you submit your first Amendment. We will provide guidance.
  • Even if you don’t need to do an Amendment any time soon, please submit one at your earliest convenience to get the new questions filled in (once the migration issues are fixed).
• PI's will need to sign off on all submissions, including Amendments, Continuing Reviews, and resubmissions. There is not (yet) a "PI Proxy" option in Insight, but they may include that in a future release.
• You may see different Funding information in migrated studies, since Insight gets data directly from Compass.
• You will not see past Amendments, Continuing Reviews, or RNI's in Insight, at least initially. eIRB will still be available for a few months, after which there will be an archive for any records that are not placed into the Insight study record.
• The External IRB workflow is now called "Cede Review" and will be a bit different than in eIRB. Be sure to review our training and guidance as it becomes available.
• IRB Submission Numbers are not created until studies are submitted to the IRB (not right when the submission is created). Other Emory stakeholders are aware of this, and all are preparing workarounds.
• There is a support ticketing system along with a place to provide feedback on the new system - so don't hesitate to use it!

Seeking Clinicians to Join Emory IRB: Shape Ethical Research

Join Emory IRB: Shape Ethical Research

It is our mission to

• Safeguard and promote the dignity and well-being of participants in research by assuring their rights, safety and welfare are protected, and
• Provide timely and high-quality review and monitoring of human subjects research.

What does being an IRB member involve?

• Attend one Zoom committee meeting each month, between 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
• Complete 1-5 reviews of new studies, amendments, and/or continuing reviews, which have been pre-screened by expert IRB staff
• Apply your medical expertise
• Ensure that the studies meet the IRB Approval Criteria under the Federal Regulations (OHRP, FDA, DOJ, etc)
• Overall time monthly commitment: 4-6 hours

These are our greatest needs currently, but we welcome all:

Would you like more information?

• IRB Assistant Director, Carol Corkran, MPH, CIP: ccorkra@emory.edu  or 404-712-8545
• https://irb.emory.edu/member/index.html