North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System

Resources for Staff Investigators

Conducting Research at the NF/SGVHS

Safety  / HRPP  / Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)  / WOC (Without Compensation)  / Policies /  GECL (Gene Expression Core Lab)  /  VMU (Veterinary Medical Unit)  

 Committee Schedules

• Research and Development Committee (RDC) 
• Subcommittee for Research Safety (SRS) 

• Oversight Committee for Clinical Research (OCCR) 

• Research Budget Subcommittee (RBS) 
• Research Facility and Space Utilizaiton Subcommittee (RFSUS) 
• Scientific Projects Committee (SPC) 
• Committee for Research Support (CRS)
• UF-IRB-01 

Human and Animal Research

• If you are interested in submitting a New Human Research Study, use this link
• If you already have an Active Human study and would like to submit one of the following:
  • Continuing Review
  • Revisions
  • Closures
• If you are interested in submitting an Animal Study
• For all Safety forms and 3rd year ACORP Forms use this link

Common Resource Equipment 

• NFSG Research Common Resouce Equipment

Fees for Veterinary Medical Unit and Core Facility

• NFSG Research Veterinary Medical Unit Fees
• NFSG Research Core Facility Fees

How to get Consent Forms into CPRS
* Consent Scanning (PPT)**
** Research Warning Notes (PPT)**
** ScanForm - Research (Word)**

VA Research Data Security & Privacy Is Everyone's Responsibility

VHA Handbook 1200.5 

Please be advised that under VHA Handbook 1200.05, “Protection of Human Subjects in Research” Paragraph 7j. Record Retention.   All VHA research records may not be destroyed and must be retained until further notice. When a new VHA Records Control Schedule is published notice of the change will be posted on the Research Service Web page.  See also,

VHA Handbook 1058.01: Research Compliance Reporting Requirements

Process for Reporting Research Information Security Incidents

Click here to view additional ORD books and policies, by topic.

For more information please visit: VA Research & Development

Reporting a Research Safety Concern?

If you feel that any investigator or study personnel have performed research in a way that is noncompliant with VA Safety policies, you should file a report (containing as much specific factual information as possible--what, when, where, by who?) with either your supervisor or the Research Compliance Officer. To report to the Research Compliance Officer, send a written statement to the Research Compliance Officer, Mail Stop 151 or call 352-376-1611, x.5542. Confidentiality will be maintained to the greatest extent possible. A report may also be filed anonymously.

VA Mandatory Training:

(Mandatory Review Fair)

VA TMS

• "Annual Government Ethics Training"
• VA Privacy Policy and Information Security Awareness and Rules of Behavior
• VA Privacy and HIPPA Training
• Prevention of Workplace Harrassement/No FEAR Act

 UF Mandatory Training:

• HIPAA & Privacy - Research
  Required Reading
  Confidentiality Statement 

Mandatory CITI Training:

• Protection of Human Research Subjects

Links to NF/SGVHS Research Centers

• BRRC (Brain Rehabilitation Research Center)
• CINDRR (Center of Innovatin on Disability Rehabilitation Research)
• GRECC (Geriatric Research Education & Clinical Center)
• COHIC (National Center for Occupational Health and Infection Control)

Related Links

• VA Research & Development Service
• Office of Research Oversight
• Office for Human Research Protection**
• University of Florida Institutional Review Board**
• VA Central Institutional Review Board (VA CIRB)**

** Links will take you outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs web site. VA does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of the linked web sites. The link will open in a new window.

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