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Investigating the Five Disciplines – Related to Research Administration

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Jeffrey Waldin |

A research administrator and colleague is pursuing a thesis that touches on the nature and management of research administration offices, which may have an impact on professional development in this field. In order to obtain statistically relevant results, a good…

What’s Good for the Goose…

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Roger Wood |

May or may not be good for the gander. At least that’s sort of what the University of California, San Francisco’s vice chancellor for research is saying when it comes to full disclosure of relationships for universities. The accepted norm (even…

The Pastor at PRIM&R

Posted on December 16, 2014 by InfoEd Global |

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…

Compliance, all around us

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Matthew Tanner |

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,…

InfoEd, Feeding Research Administration

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Matthew Tanner |

… 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…

Developing an Industry of Research around the Research Industry

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Jeffrey Waldin |

I understand that many couples, when they are thinking about starting a family, become acutely aware of children all around them. Perhaps it is also true that many sponsored research offices, when they are asked to justify the benefits of…

Dubious Value in Describing all Financial Interests as Dubious

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Jeffrey Waldin |

An article in our capital region newspaper noted information on area doctors and researchers who have received payments associated with pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers, which is now available publicly, similar to other potential conflict of interest reporting. The article…

Being Human and Considering the Role of Human Trials

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Jeffrey Waldin |

The use of an experimental drug to treat a handful of health care and ministry workers infected with the Ebola virus may have attracted more press attention than the outbreak itself. One interesting aspect of this coverage is the platform…

United States Government Safety Stand-Down

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Matthew Tanner |

Many of us probably received an email from APHIS this morning. The Presidents advisors have declared a “Safety Stand-Down” for those “that possess, use, or transfer human, animal, or plant infectious agents or toxins”. What this means for Federal Departments…

Nothing Attracts Our Attention Like Blood

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Jeffrey Waldin |

Several recent articles called my attention to a story out of the United Kingdom. Just over 30 years ago, a researcher named Ian Shanks produced a report on “new opportunities offered by product sensors” including “monitoring glucose, insulin or immunoglobulin…