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Update on the National Biocontainment Laboratory (NBL) at Boston University

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

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…

OLAW Annual Reports

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

Annual reports for the period January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012 are due to OLAW by January 31, 2013. The Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and…

How resilient is your IRB?

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

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

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

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…

Final Action Under the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules (NIH Guidelines)

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

On September 5th, 2012, the National Institutes of Health, Office of Biotechnology Activities, Office of Science Policy (NIH/OBA) published a Federal Register Notice entitled “Final Action Under the NIH Guidelines…

Multiple Pathways for Conflict of Interest Management

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Jeffrey Waldin |

As the effective date approaches for implementation of the new PHS regulations, some institutions are still defining their processes for disclosure and certification. Among the most robust processes are those…

Controversial Influenza Papers Published

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

Last week, the second of two controversial papers were published announcing mutations that make the H5N1 Influenza A virus more highly transmissible between ferrets (Herfst et al. and Imai et…

Does InfoEd Support Social-Behavioral Research (SBR)?

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

We’ve fielded this question during several recent product demonstrations and other interactions with prospective clients. The answer is, absolutely! The InfoEd Human Subjects module can support virtually any type of…

Reviewer Guide

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin |

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…

Reshaping Public Perceptions of Conflict of Interest

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Jeffrey Waldin |

Among the topics discussed at the UIDP meeting last month were public perceptions relating to university researchers that engage in external activities or hold external financial interests. There is a…