Please remember discussions that happen inside the IRB’s meeting room need to stay inside the meeting room. IRB determinations and contingencies are considered group decisions. Those decisions are relayed to the research team via correspondence through CLARA.
Reviewers — If someone on a research team asks you for specifics about their project’s IRB review, please refer them to IRB Chair Allen Sherman, who is authorized to speak on behalf of the committee. If you’re approached by a reporter, please refer that person to the UAMS Office of Communications & Marketing.
Research teams, if you know someone who serves on the IRB, please don’t ask them to tell you specifics about what may have happened during a meeting. Such requests put reviewers in a very awkward position.