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The Pastor at PRIM&R

Posted on December 16, 2014 by |
Back in February, I shared an article about one of my favorite committee members, a Rabbi. He was a community representative who served for many years and offered invaluable insight during his tenure on the IRB at my former institution…
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Posted on December 16, 2014 by |
There are lots of us in the research compliance world; the thing that unites us is a the practice of understanding and approving proposed research, whether it involves the use of humans, animals, plants, or a myriad of other organisms,…
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Posted on December 8, 2014 by |
… and hungry Research Administrators!     Thank  you to all the current (and future) clients who stopped by the InfoEd booth at the 2014 PRIM&R Advancing Ethical Research Conference in Baltimore, Maryland this weekend. Phillip and I enjoyed meeting…
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Posted on November 14, 2014 by |
In a surprise move this week, both the Senate and House of Representatives passed legislation that is on its way to the White House – and that is likely to be signed into law. I’m only being a little sarcastic…
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Big Data – Consumers or Consumed?

Posted on November 5, 2014 by |
Big data is here and the question is whether we will consume it, or it will consume us? Likely, the answer will be a bit of both. The dystopian view of our big data future is somewhere between those imagined…
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World University Rankings: Number Crunchers

Posted on November 5, 2014 by |
Following the release of the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, there is always a lot of news reporting and analysis regarding the results and what they mean for higher education on a regional and global scale. A look at…
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