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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The following notice is sent on behalf of Dr. Brent Donham, Vice President for Research
and Economic Development. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Cayuse is a new electronic system that our university is using for all IRB Protocol submissions.
From August 25, all IRB applications must route through Cayuse. All application forms and templates will be removed from the IRB website (<a href="https://inside.tamuc.edu/research/compliance/IRB-Protection_of_Human_Subjects/default.aspx"><span style="color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">https://inside.tamuc.edu/research/compliance/IRB-Protection_of_Human_Subjects/default.aspx</span></a>)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">To access Cayuse please go to the Research Compliance and Integrity home page at:
<a href="https://www.etamu.edu/research-compliance/"><span style="color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">https://www.etamu.edu/research-compliance/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The System is requiring institutions to transition to a paperless system for submitting
protocols to the IRB. In the future, the same will be true for IBC and IACUC but IRB is the first to go through it.
<b>The transition will occur next week beginning on August 25<sup>th</sup>. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">If you have any questions about Cayuse, please reach out to Dr. Lucy Pickering (<a href="mailto:Lucy.Pickering@etamu.edu"><span style="color:#044A91;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#044A91;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Lucy.Pickering@etamu.edu</span></a>).
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