What if I am doing cooperative research with Wake Forest University Health Sciences?
WFU and WFUHS are two legally separate entities and maintain separate FWAs. However, to accommodate the frequent collaboration among investigators from both campuses, the WFU IRB and the WFUHS IRB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning the reciprocal waiver of IRB oversight by the WFUHS and WFU IRBs for designated cooperative research. Under this agreement, each institution may rely upon the IRB review and continuing oversight of the other institution’s IRB. Research involving medical testing, medical records and treatments is primarily conducted at WFUHS. Investigators select which IRB, WFU or WFUHS, will review the research within the eIRB application based on what the research entails and in some cases, where it is performed.
