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…

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…

Final episode of a 12 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Sandra Nordahl, President, Society of Research Administrators International (SRA), to discuss the mission of…

Like many of you, I have been eagerly and anxiously watching all of the changes in our government as of late. Most of these recent changes are not trivial, especially…

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…

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…