Author: Ashley Myers
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IACUC Updates- Policies, eIACUC Maintenance, and Protocol Compliance
The IACUC recently approved the updates to the following Policies Adoption Policy: This document establishes policy and provides procedures for adoption of research animals from Emory University MPTP Guidelines: These guidelines recognize the scientific value of the MPTP model of parkinsonism and attempt to address the practical problems associated with the use of this agent.…
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2022 ORA Dragon Awards
On April 25, 2022, the Office of Research Administration (ORA) held the third ORA Dragon Service Awards. This is part of an ongoing commitment to recognize and celebrate the contributions and achievements of ORA’s staff and members of the Faculty/Research community who demonstrate outstanding partnership with ORA. The winners of this year’s awards were nominated…
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Implementation of New eDisclose System
eDisclose is a new cloud-based enterprise-wide system for disclosing financial interests and requesting approval for external activities. eDisclose will replace eCOI and go live in Summer 2022. eDisclose offers an improved user experience, will streamline enterprise-wide processes, and enable compliance with new U.S. government regulatory requirements. Please visit the eDisclose SharePoint site for more information. You…
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OnCore Training and SharePoint Updates
As part of Emory Healthcare transitioning to the Epic electronic medical record and billing system, the University will be concurrently implementing the OnCore Clinical Trials Management System (CTMS) to provide a seamless connection for clinical research across the enterprise. OnCore is a cloud-based CTMS designed to simplify the management of clinical research and integration of…
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IACUC Office Updates- December 2021
Submission deadlines: December is a short month, please submit your renewals and updates early. The IACUC Committee meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the Month. Deadlines for FCR review are 4PM on the Wednesday one week PRIOR to the meeting date for the agenda to be disseminated to members. DMR reviews are rolling submissions…
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Clinical Trials and the Advantage of a Feasibility Assessment
In the Spring of 2019, the Emory University Office of the Senior Vice President for Research contracted with Huron Consulting Group to produce an analysis that examined business processes across the life cycle of a grant. The subsequent results of the analysis reported: “Clinical trials are not consistently required to go through a formal feasibility…
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Important IRB Updates
We have updated Data and Safety Monitoring guidance for Investigator-Initiated studies that are more than minimal risk. It is posted here under “DSMP, Site Monitoring, and DSMB Guidance,” under “Related Guidance.” Please note that some high-complexity studies do require external/independent monitoring, so please consult with the IRB, and/or Margaret Huber in the Office of Research…
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Valuable Research IT Tools Become Available to All Labs
When Dr. Bruner, Senior Vice President of Research, commissioned the Research IT Task Force in 2019, one of the group’s recommendations was to lower the cost barrier of IT solutions. As a result, we are excited to announce enterprise availability for the REDCap and OpenSpecimen platforms. All research teams will soon be able to utilize…
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Award Closeout Policy Update
On September 1, 2021, we launched four new/updated policies related to award close outs. These polices were developed in collaboration with RAS leaders, CBOs, and ORA leaders. They were designed to ensure sponsored awards are closed out promptly in COMPASS. This will benefit our research community by streamlining the process of award close out. These…
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FY22 Fringe Rate Announcement
*Sent on behalf of the Office of Sponsored Programs & Research Grants and Contracts* Dear Colleagues, The FY22 federal and non-federal fringe rates have now been approved. The new rates are as follows: These fringe rates become effective on September 1, 2021. All proposals to federal sponsors (or for federal flow-through) should begin using the…