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Using Flags in Human Ethics

Emily Yeomans
  • Updated

Human Ethics offers Analysts the ability to flag studies. Flags can be added or changed in most study statuses, however, flags cannot be added to a closed study. 

Adding a Flag

  1. From the menu, click Studies.

  2. Click on the study you wish to flag.

  3. Within Study Details, click on the Flags tab.

  4. Two types of flags are listed beneath the flags tab: Vulnerable Populations and Additional Flags. Highlight the flags appropriate to the study and click Save.

Flags will now appear at the top of the Study Details page beneath Population Flags and Additional Flags.

Removing a Flag

  1. From the Flags tab within the Study Details page, click on the highlighted tags you wish to deselect.
  2. Click Save.

Available Flags

Vulnerable Populations

  • Adults unable to consent
  • AIDS/HIV+Children - 404
  • Children - 405
  • Children - 406
  • Cognitively impaired
  • Economically and/or educationally disadvantagedIndigenous Peoples
  • K-12
  • Minorities
  • Pregnant persons
  • Prisoners
  • Senior citizens
  • Students or employees
  • Terminally ill
  • Undocumented Persons
  • Unhoused

Additional Flags

  • Biomedical
  • Broad Consent
  • CARES Act
  • Certificate of Confidentiality
  • Clinical trial
  • Community Advisory Board
  • Compassionate Use - Device
  • Conflict of Interest
  • COVID-19
  • DoD
  • Emergency Use - Device
  • Emergency Use - Drug
  • EU General Data Protection Regulation
  • Expanded Access
  • External IRB reliance
  • FDA regulated
  • FDA Regulated - EFIC
  • FDA Regulated - IDE
  • FDA Regulated - IDE
  • FDA Regulated - IDE Abbreviated
  • FDA Regulated - IND (HE CAB)
  • FDA Regulated - NSR (non-significant risk device)
  • FDA Regulated - SR (significant risk device)
  • FDA Regulated – Drug
  • Federally funded study
  • HIGH PRIORITY
  • HOLD
  • Institutional Biosafety Committee
  • International
  • IRB of record
  • Risk - Greater than Minimal Risk
  • Risk - Minimal Risk
  • SBER (Social Behavioral Education)
  • School-based Research
  • Sponsor-Investigator Initiated
  • Student-led research
  • Tribal Law
  • US Department of Education (ED) regulations
  • US Department of Energy (DOE) regulations
  • US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) regulations
  • US Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations
  • US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations
  • US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations
  • Waiver of Consent
  • Waiver-HIPAA - FULL
  • Waiver-HIPAA - PARTIAL

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