Institutional Official (IO)

Who this is for

Physicians, scientists, and general counsel who hold ultimate institutional responsibility for the HRPP — often without formal preparation for it.

Most IOs inherit the role alongside a full portfolio of other duties. Few are ever briefed on what the role legally requires, where liability actually sits, or what to do the day a for-cause review letter arrives. This track is that briefing — and the leadership development that should follow it.

What it covers

• What the IO role legally and practically requires — and where institutional and personal liability actually sits
• Balancing research enterprise growth against participant protection and institutional risk
• Working with the IRB chair, HRPP director, general counsel, and sponsors as one integrated system
• Crisis leadership: for-cause reviews, clinical holds, and high-profile adverse events — before they happen