Yes Ma’am!
A Perspective on Women in Research Compliance As a consultant I’ve had the opportunity to work with a number of Research Compliance (IRB and IACUC) offices across the country as…
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NIH Clinical Center Directors Annual Report
Recently, the NIH Clinical Center Directors Annual Report was released by the National Institutes of Health. The NIH Clinical Center is the “world’s largest hospital completely dedicated to clinical research”. …
Who Do You Follow? Twitter Feeds for Human Research Compliance
As an addition to the successful “Who do you follow? Twitter Feeds for Animal Research Compliance”, here is a list of well known Twitter feeds to follow for those interested…
ABSA Annual Meeting News
Howdy all! Just got back from the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) Annual Biological Safety Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. While I now devote my time to managing the compliance…
Wait…What? IRB Budgets Are Up?
I noticed a peculiarity in AAHRPP’s 2012 Metrics on Human Research Protection Program Performance updated in July. IRB budgets were… wait for it… UP! Budgets are returning to levels not…
On the winds of Change…Opportunity
I recall several years ago getting ready to work on my first InfoEd implementation. I was hired to be this Regulatory Compliance /IT/Accreditation “Guy;” later affectionately dubbed the “InfoEd Guru.”…
How resilient is your IRB?
Extreme situations like Hurricane Sandy pose obvious threats to business continuity. It’s important to recognize that routine occurrences also have significant disruptive potential, particularly if organizations don’t anticipate them and…
Reviewer Guide
How do you make sure that your scientific/assigned reviewers are really reviewing their assigned protocols? Do you ask that your assigned reviewers answer questions or think about certain regulations for…
To Censor or not to Censor– Is that a valid scientific question?
Modern molecular biology enables researchers to create DNAs, RNAs, proteins, cells, organ systems, and organisms that have never existed before. Thanks to decades of recombinant DNA technology, the acts of…
Improving Response to Change in Research
InfoEd Global was represented at the 2011 PRIM&R Advancing Ethical Research Conference by Becca DuBose and Kelsey Rosell. InfoEd Global was a Bronze Supporter of this year’s conference, which offered…