Dear SOM Clinical Research Community, If you have not yet reviewed the proposed SOP on Performing the Responsibilities of the Principal Investigator, please take a few minutes to review and provide any feedback you may have. To review the SOP and submit feedback, please follow this link to the online survey. The survey will be available … Read more

Today marks the start of UNC’s Researcher Appreciation Week and we are so thankful for each and every one of you! We’re not the only ones – check out this video message from leadership recognizing your contributions and the incredible work you do every day. It’s remarkable and inspiring to witness the daily dedication and … Read more

Dear SOM Clinical Research Community, The CRSO is excited to announce that SOM SOP 401.1, Obtaining and Documenting Informed Consent from Adult Research Participants, has been issued. The SOP will take effect on 6/15/2022 and applies to all SOM human subjects research. If you have created your PaTS profile and indicated that you are responsible … Read more

Dear SOM Clinical Research Community, To maintain alignment with operations and policies of UNC Health, the SOM will no longer require study personnel to conduct and document COVID screening for research participants. Alternatively, the study team shall ask participants to conduct a self-screening assessment prior to any in-person visit. If a participant screens positive, they … Read more

Effectively recruiting and enrolling study participants is often the most challenging aspect of executing a clinical research protocol. Set your study up for success by planning comprehensive recruitment strategies!

Hi Research Community! It’s a been a minute since we have all gotten together. I wanted to make sure you knew we are here to help support you and who we are. The best ways to contact the Epic@UNC Research Team Have a question or need something new in Epic: Submit a Service Request Something … Read more

Good afternoon all, I wanted to share an update to CRMS when requesting IDS services. Earlier this year, IDS was investigating potential ways to help avoid accidental unblinding of studies due to billing. In February of this year, CRMS updated their communication for billing contact to now state “unblinded billing contact”. Please do not hesitate … Read more

The SOM CRSO is in the process of developing a portfolio of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) widely applicable to clinical research conducted across the SOM to achieve efficient and consistent workflows, ensure regulatory compliance, and realize best operational practices in clinical research. As an individual who may be responsible for conducting processes covered by the … Read more

Dear PaTS Users, On April 28th we deployed a number of fixes and enhancements to PaTS to address a variety of feedback and issues that have been submitted by our users, especially regarding clarity of when your profile has been successfully saved. The reports users submitted around their user profile, overall user experience, and bug … Read more

Dear SOM Clinical Research Community, In an increasingly complex regulatory environment, it can be difficult to stay on top of and to navigate all the federal, state, and institutional regulatory news and trends in clinical research. To address this challenge, the CRSO has added a new regulatory blog to their website that will deliver timely, … Read more