Contact

Questions, Complaints and Concerns about Seattle Children’s Research

Contact the IRB Office at irb@seattlechildrens.org or 206-987-7804.

Contact Information for Researchers and Study Teams

The IRB Office is a fully remote office. IRB staff are available via email and phone. In general, Microsoft Teams messaging should not be used to communicate with IRB staff.

Questions/inquiries about pending submissions should be directed to the assigned IRB staff member (listed at the top of the Click submission page). If an IRB staff member has not yet been assigned to the submission, contact the IRB Office at irb@seattlechildrens.org or post the question/inquiry as a comment on the Click submission page.

For questions/inquiries that are not about a pending submission, contact the IRB Office at irb@seattlechildrens.org. If a study is assigned to the lifecycle model, inquiries will be forwarded to the study’s assigned staff member whenever possible.

Emails and Click comments are generally addressed within 72 hours. If the communication is urgent, identify it as such in the email subject line and IRB staff will respond as soon as possible.

Reliance inquires

For questions/inquiries about the reliance process, contact SCH Rely at schrely@seattlechildrens.org.

Refer to the Single IRB (sIRB) and External IRB Process pages for additional information.

Emergency use inquires

Refer to the Emergency Use page for additional information.

Request a Consult

If your questions/inquiries would benefit from a more comprehensive discussion, a phone consultation can be requested. Consultations are not required for any study or submission unless otherwise communicated by IRB staff.

Consultation requests for pending submissions, should be directed to the assigned IRB staff member (listed at the top of the Click submission page).

For other consultation requests, email the IRB Office at irb@seattlechildrens.org to request a consult. In the email, include the following information:

Relevant Click study or submission ID (if applicable)
Questions, inquiries, topics and/or issues that you would like to discuss
Relevant background
The name(s) of any IRB staff that you have already communicated with about the questions, inquiries, topics and/or issues (if applicable)

To ensure the consultation is assigned to the appropriate staff, be as specific as possible in your description of the questions, inquiries, topics and/or issues that you would like to discuss. As needed, IRB staff may ask for additional information.

Availability of phone consultations may be limited depending on IRB staffing. If this is the case, IRB staff will assist you via email.

Research Team Feedback

To provide feedback about your experience with the review of a specific IRB submission, please complete this brief survey. Your feedback will be used to improve the review process and user experience for researchers, and is sincerely appreciated.

General feedback can be directed to irbfeedback@seattlechildrens.org. Feedback that requires immediate attention or response can also be sent to this email address. The IRB Feedback email inbox is monitored by IRB Office management.

Emails are generally addressed within 72 hours. If the communication is urgent, identify it as such in the email subject line and IRB staff will respond as soon as possible.