IRB Forms

Revised September 2009

• RUG Application Form
• RUG Policy

Investigators whose studies will be conducted at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital or who intend to use RWJUH services during the course of a specific study must fill out the Resource Utilization Group (RUG) Allocation of Resources form and submit the application for approval.

Submit to:
Kellie Thomas
(732) 828-3000 ext. 8577

Your IRB submission:

• RWJUH must be listed as a performance site on your application for IRB review. -and-
• A copy of the RUG application must also be attached to your IRB submission.

NOTE: The IRB will process and review your study prior to final RUG approval; however, research cannot proceed at RWJUH without appropriate sign-off by the RUG. If you have any questions about the applicability or use of this document, please call the IRB at (732) 235-9806.

UBHC Approval: All research involving systematic participant recruitment within University Behavioral HealthCare (UBHC), research impacting on UBHC staff time, and/or research impacting on UBHC financial reimbursement must be reviewed and approved by the responsible Vice President or Director, the Chief Financial Officer, and the President and CEO, University Behavioral HealthCare, or their designee(s), prior to being submitted to the Institutional Review Board (IRB). See the UBHC policy, Research on Human Subjects for more details. 

NOTE: The IRB cannot process or review your proposed research activity without UBHC approval & signatures of UBHC administration on the completed Human Research form. If UBHC is added as a performance site through modification to your study, research cannot proceed at UBHC without IRB approval. If you have any questions about the applicability or use of this document, please call the IRB at (732) 235-9806.