Category: infoedge

Your Mission – Should You Choose to Accept It

Posted on November 20, 2013 by |
A recent story in The Chronicle of Higher Education covered the complex relationship between academic research institutions and companies that purchase patent rights, but do not actually produce products.  Known variously as “non practicing entities” and “patent trolls” these companies…
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Posted on November 19, 2013 by |
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 modules here at InfoEd, it is always nice to visit…
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The Dark World of Research Administrators

Posted on September 18, 2013 by |
Research administrators spend a lot of time trying to convince people of things. Whether it’s persuading senior leadership that additional staff will be needed to meet a new sponsor requirement or investigators to get their proposals in just a teeny bit…
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Rehab And Weight Loss

Posted on September 18, 2013 by |
Episode 10 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 SRA and the effects of sequestration on research administration.
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Wait…What? IRB Budgets Are Up?

Posted on September 18, 2013 by |
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 seen since 2009 before the national and state economies took…
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Posted on September 18, 2013 by |
The USDA through APHIS has released an electronic version of the USDA Annual Report form (7023), which Animal Facilities are required to file annually.  Their brief announcement reads: “In an effort to streamline the process and make things easier and…
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Sequestration Countermeasures

Posted on September 16, 2013 by |
No, not that King James…LeBron James, King of the Hardcourt. Listen, if you want to succeed in the midst of sequestration, you have no choice but to take your game to a whole new level. Just like LeBron James did…
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Losing In The Trenches

Posted on September 16, 2013 by |
Stop bickering and start working together…please! Episode 8 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 SRA and the effects…
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