The Pastor at PRIM&R
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…
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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…
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.”…
Introspective Reporting and Building a Smarter eIRB
One of my favorite things to do when I worked in the IRB was reporting. Not simply the “How many Protocols do we have and sort that into Full, Expedited…
Update on the National Biocontainment Laboratory (NBL) at Boston University
A planned National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL) at the Boston University has taken another step forward. As posted in the Federal Register on December 18th, 2012: “The Department of…
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…
InfoEd and AAHRPP Accreditation
Prospective clients interested in InfoEd’s Human Subjects module often ask questions related to AAHRPP accreditation. For those who aren’t familiar with the work of AAHRPP, its full name is the…