If you will be conducting your study at any of the Sentara locations and/or accessing any Sentara medical records you must obtain approval from Sentara. Use this link to complete a and to read about your responsibilities as an investigator involving Sentara facilities and/or data.

To request access to Sentara data:

  1. Complete the VHS .
  2. Request data through .
  3. Complete and upload a .
  4. For projects involving any trainees, there must be a VHS faculty mentor as the PI.

For projects involving medical students, the project must be cleared through