Recruitment Communication

Communications play a critical role in recruiting research study participants. There are two types of content that appear in research-related recruitment communications: study-specific communications that require IRB approval and communications that do not require IRB approval.

According to federal regulations, an IRB is required to protect the welfare of human participants participating in research and, specifically, to determine that the selection of participants to participate in the project is equitable and free from coercion.   As an essential part of this process, the IRB must review and approve any advertisement for recruiting research participants to a research project before it can be distributed to potential participants.  For additional information, please refer to the Recruitment Communication Guidance.