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Compliance Deadline for HIPAA/HITECH Changes

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Jeffrey Waldin |

Institutions that collect PHI information for research have less than 2 months to make sure that their systems and procedures are in compliance with the Final Rule issued on January 25, 2013. The deadline established for full compliance is September…

Fear and Loathing in Research Administration?

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Jeffrey Waldin |

One of our local radio stations has a daily trivia contest, which falls around the time that I drive my children to school in the morning. The prize is a pizza and a couple of movie passes, but the main…

Symposium on Social Housing of Laboratory Animals

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

Symposium on Social Housing of Laboratory Animals: August 22-23, Bethesda, MD Symposium on Social Housing of Laboratory Animals will be held August 22-23, 2013 at NIH Natcher Conference Center in Bethesda, MD. The symposium will address issues of social housing…

Compliance and Building a Better Baseball Bat

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

Did you know that Major League Baseball (MLB) funds research? The United States Agriculture Department (USDA) recently announced the results of a study on baseball bat breakage funded by the MLB (see the press release). In 2008, the joint Safety…

Lawsuit Seeks to Strip University of Tax Exempt Status for Engaging in Technology Transfer

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Jeffrey Waldin |

An argument that Princeton University should lose its tax-exempt status, due to the commercial nature of Technology Transfer activities, has been allowed to go forward. The lawsuit claims that not only should certain buildings lose their status because they serve…

Inspection Tracking using Administrative features

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

How does your institute note deficiencies related to inspections? Inspections are an important part of regulating research, necessary for ensuring quality, safe, and acceptable conditions are maintained to aid, not detract from research goals. There are numerous reasons to audit…

Proposal to reduce IBC review of previously reviewed clinical trials

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

Read the Federal Register posting here. From the NIH: The NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities (NIH OBA) proposes to revise the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules (NIH Guidelines) to streamline review of certain human…

May 8th, National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day!

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

Make sure you have a facility animal disaster plan! From FEMA Deputy Administrator Rich Serino: http://www.fema.gov/medialibrary/media_records/2484 "We all know that pets are part of the family. As we prepare for the upcoming hurricane season,one of the things we want to…

Updating Research Conflicts of Interest in Australia

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Roger Wood |

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia is accepting public comment on an update to Chapter 7 of the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research (2007). Chapter 7 deals with conflicts of interest and the…

New Zealand Clinical Trials Website Now Available

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

The New Zealand Ministry of Health has launched a new website “Clinical Trials“, to inform the public about ongoing and completed clinical trials. Users can search for keywords that are included in the titles of the clinical trials, and will…