You are responsible for using the most current version of our IRB forms posted on this website.   If you do not, and outdated forms are submitted to OHRS, it is possible that the submission will not be processed or reviewed by the SRC and/or IRB.  Please make sure to to ALWAYS download forms directly from this website.  Forms downloaded to your computer will not be the most recent version and will delay review.  Opening forms directly from the OHRS website before filling them out and submitting them to us will assure you have the most up-to-date form and will save both you and the OHRS time. 

Consent Templates

• Required Consent Form Template for Biomedical Research *REVISED
• Required Consent Form Template for Social and Behavioral Research
• Consent Form for Continued Participation in a Research Study by a Young Adult Who Has Reached Age 18
  • Guidance Document: Consent Form for Continued Participation for Young Adults Who Have Reached Age 18 *REVISED
• Consent Form Log - Updates Made to Consent Form Template*REVISED

Consent Form Information Sheet Guidance - a link to all of our consent for guidance documents

Consent Form Language Resources

• Guidance Document: Common Language for Risks and Events  *REVISED*
  • Common Language for Risks and Events Database *NEW*
• www.cancer.gov/dictionary 

Consenting Non-English Speaking Subjects to Research Protocols

• Instructions
• Translated Short Forms
• English 
• Arabic
• Albanian 
• Chinese
• Farsi
• French
• Greek
• Haitian
• Hindi
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Serbo-Croatian
• Spanish
• Turkish
• Vietnamese

Informed consent is one of the primary ethical requirements underpinning research with human subjects; it reflects the basic principle of respect for persons. It is too often forgotten that informed consent is an ongoing process, not a piece of paper or a discrete moment in time. Informed consent assures that prospective human subjects will understand the nature of the research and can knowledgeably and voluntarily decide whether or not to participate.
Clinicians and investigators have an ethical and legal obligation to obtain informed consent from an individual (or the appropriate surrogate) before enrolling him/her in a research trial.

The process of obtaining informed consent, unless waived by the IRB, must comply with the requirements of 45 CFR 46.116 and 21 CFR 50.20. The documentation of informed consent must comply with 45 CFR 46.117 and 21 CFR 50.27.