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Important Announcement: 2024 Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training Series

 

Spring 2024
In This Issue:

  • Register Now!  The Future of Research Integrity Conference
  • New Biosafety Officer Appointed
  • Institutional Review Board (IRB): Protocol Deviation Reporting
  • IVC Caging System for Animal Facilities
  • 2024 Responsible Conduct of Research Training Registration Open
  • Items of Interest

Fall 2023
In This Issue:

  • South Alabama Awarded HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) Conference Grant
  • 2024 Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training Schedule
  • Acknowledging Biosafety Awareness Month
  • Research Participant Recruitment Materials
  • Informed Consent and Key Information Requirement
  • Tips From the IRB Office
  • Articles of Interest 
  • Please Provide Feedback!

Spring 2023
In This Issue:

  • Welcome to the Team!
  • Danielle Miller Selected as USA Employee of the Quarter
  • All New IRBNet Resources and Webpage
  • Annual Conflict of Interest Disclosures
  • New International Shipping Policy
  • Complying with NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Requirements
  • NSF Will Require RCR Training for Faculty
  • Do You Know How Long Your Research Data Should Be Retained?
  • Responsible Conduct of Research Online Canvas Training
  • Articles of Interest

Fall 2022
In This Issue:

  • Congratulations Stefanie White!
  • 2022-2023 Responsible Conduct or Research (RCR) Training Series
  • Data Management and Sharing Policy
  • IRB Passes U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Inspection
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Inspections
  • Articles of Interest
  • IRBNet Questionnaire
  • Suggestion Box

Spring 2022
In This Issue:

  • Welcome To Our Team!
  • Responsible Conduct of Research Training Open through May
  • Animals and InterInstitutional Research: What Researchers Need to Know
  • Conflict of Interest in Research
  • Updated IRB Statement of Compliance 
  • Must Read Articles
  • USA Researchers Coming or Going
  • We Want Your Feedback!

Fall 2021
In This Issue:

  • Using REDCap in Tracking and Evaluation of Occupational Health for an Animal Care and Use Program
  • IRBNet: Updating Your User Profile
  • Educational Outreach for Clinical Research Staff
  • 2021-2022 Responsible Conduct of Research Training Update and Registration
  • Travel Laptop Loaner Program
  • Online Training Available for Shipping of Biological Substances and Dry Ice
  • Questions and Answers Corner

Spring 2021
Inside This Issue:

  • IRB and Continuing Review for Minimal Risk Projects 
  • Human Subjects Research:  Considerations for Audio/Video Recording
  • New Policy on Non-medical Controlled Substances Research
  • International Collaborations and Disclosures
  • Laboratory Research: Coats and Gloves
  • RCR Policy Update
  • Articles of Interest

Fall 2020
Inside This Issue:

  • Responsible Conduct of Research Training During Covid-19 Pandemic 
  • Tips for Presenting Scientific Images with Integrity
  • USA's New Policy Library
  • International Research: Considering Export Controls at the Proposal Stage
  • Export License and Export Filing Requirements: Russia, China and Venezuela
  • Working with Viral Vectors
  • New Clinical Trials Webpage
  • Investigational New Drug Guidance for Investigators
  • Articles of Interest 

Summer 2020
Inside This Issue:

  • COVID-19 and Regulatory Research Activities 
  • When a Research Subject Cannot Physically
    Sign Informed Consent
  • Documenting the Informed Consent Process
  • Export Control Research

Spring, 2019
Inside This Issue:

  • Human Subjects Research and Revised Common Rule
  • IRB Policies and Procedures
  • We Can Help By Speaking With Your Class About IRB
  • New Autoclave SOP
  • National Science Foundation Policy on Harassment
  • Responsible Conduct of Training Series is Still in Progress!
  • Hosting Visitors from Embargoed Countries
  • Items of Interest
  • Office of Research Compliance and Assurance: Committees and Programs

Summer, 2018
Inside This Issue:

  • 2018 Common Rule Burden-Reducing Provisions
  • IRBNet and Updated Feature: Human Subjects Research
  • Receiving/Purchasing Materials for Research?
  • Export Control: Quick Tips
  • New Biosafety Training Requirements
  • NSF Notice 144: Sexual Harassment
  • Reminder: Clinical Research Investigators: RCR Colloquia
  • Office of Research Integrity (ORI) Spring 2018 Newsletter
  • Food and Drug Administration: Research Subject Compensation
  • DHHS Office of Human Research Protections Workshop on Informed Consent 

Spring, 2018
Inside This Issue:

  • New Informed Consent Templates
  • Healthcare Operations:  Research vs. Quality Improvement
  • Update on Common Rule
  • New Export Control Training Module
  • Reminder:  NSF Responsible Conduct of Research Training Requirement 
  • Items of Interest 

Winter, 2018
Inside This Issue:

  • Common Rule 2018 Updates
  • Recap:  NIH Policy Changes
  • NIH Changes to Certificate of Confidentiality
  • NIH Policy:  Single IRB for Multi-Site Research Studies
  • 2017-2018 Responsible Conduct of Research Training Series
  • Updates and New Information

Summer, 2017
Inside This Issue:

  • IRB Submission:  Getting Started
  • Involvement in Clinical Research:  For Non-Healthcare Providers
  • Western IRB (WIRB) Submission Now Live
  • Clinical Research Fundamentals Training
  • Clinical Trials Module
  • Welcome New Staff
  • QA/QI Program
  • Observing Informed Consent Process
  • Conducting Research Responsibly:  Data Management Practices