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HRPP Performance & Metrics

HRPP Performance & Metrics

The HRPP is committed to promoting the adherence to and enactment of the Belmont Report principles of Respect for Person, Beneficence, and Justice.  HRPP supports continuous quality improvement activities to foster the ethical treatment and protection of human participants in research. Quality improvement activities continue our commitment of transparency with the USC community and are associated with the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) standard I-5.

STANDARD I-5: The organization measures and improves, when necessary, compliance with organizational policies and procedures and applicable laws, regulations, codes, and guidance. The organization also measures and improves, when necessary, the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of the Human Research Protection Program.

IRB Wait Time

Our homepage depicts the approximate time it takes for an IRB Analyst to be assigned to review your new exempt or expedited protocol submission. Data is refreshed on Monday of every week. Please refer to our Getting Started page and IRB Submission Guidelines to ensure that studies submitted are ready for review and positioned for appropriate action.

HRPP Five Year Analysis

The Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) conducted a five-year analysis of total IRB submissions.

HRPP Dashboard

The HRPP publishes a dashboard every fiscal year (July 1–June 30) on IRB performance and metrics. 

  • Fiscal Year 2023-2024 
  • Fiscal Year 2022–2023
  • Fiscal Year 2021–2022
Education Provided by HRPP
  • 13 total education sessions provided in Q1 2024. Education sessions include office hours, Center for Excellence (CER) workshops, and requested presentations from departments/schools.

 

Funding
  • As of April 1, 2024, 76% of studies are sponsored by internal sources. Funding source is based on the funding selection made by the investigator in iStar section 4.1.

 

New Protocol Monthly Submissions

[Data: July 1, 2024 – July 31, 2024]

  • Total Protocol Submissions: 144

Continuing Review and Amendment Monthly Submissions

[Data: July 1, 2024 – July 31, 2024]

  • Total Continuing Reviews submitted: 84
  • Total Amendments submitted: 176

Top 5 Amendment Submission Type: 

  1. Study Personnel
  2. Procedures and/or Protocol
  3. Other
  4. Informed Consent and/or Addenda
  5. Recruitment Materials

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Full Board Turnaround Time
  • Data: Q2 2024 (April-June) with final approval recorded in iStar.
  • 7 studies (all Biomedical)
  • Full board average turnaround time includes time from submission to approval.

Submissions by School
  • [Data: Q2 2024, April – June]
  • Total Protocol Submissions Q2 2024: 424

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