Author: Ashley Myers

  • RGC Policies Summary

    Author: Dr. Edwin Bemmel, AVP, RGC We are excited to share that our policies have been released into Policy Manager. These policies were created with feedback from our stakeholders and are based on the Uniform Guidance and standard grants management practices. While most are new, several are revisions of existing policies. Here is a listing of…

  • Biological Safety Protocol Electronic Submission

    Author: Scott Thomaston, AVP, EHSO For the last several years the Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHSO) has been utilizing software named BioRAFT as an electronic platform for investigators to submit their Biosafety protocols. Recently BioRaft has been rebranded and is now SciShield. Aside from the name change the software remains the same, including the…

  • Sponsored Research: The Importance of Obtaining Approvals Before Starting Work

    Authors: Holly Sommers, Associate VP, Office of Sponsored Programs & Edwin Bemmel, Associate VP, Research Grants & Contracts All sponsored research is subject to specific regulations and requirements and must be administered through the designated offices. The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) verifies these requirements before approving an award or assigning a Provisional Award Number…

  • RCRA Minimizing Administrative Burden While Maintaining Compliance

    Author: Deepika Bhatia, AVP, RCRA Minimizing administrative burden in research while ensuring compliance with regulations is a critical challenge for research compliance teams. Here are a few strategies from the Emory Research Compliance & Regulatory Affairs (RCRA) team to achieve this balance:  Operationalizing streamlined processes, efficient communications to relevant stakeholders early and often, striving for an approach to…

  • UPDATE (May 2024): OTT Plans to Introduce New and Improved Process for Outgoing Low-Risk DUAs

    Authors: Asher Alt, Marketing Specialist (OTT) & Jess Beach, Marketing Specialist (OTT) Update (May 2024): We’re live! The guidance page for the new process is now live on the OTT website. Here, we list criteria for low-risk DUAs, answer FAQs about the process, and provide preapproved DUA templates. Also, the DUA Training for PIs is…

  • Occupational Health Services (OHS)

    Authors: Dr. Javier Valle, Medical Director, OHS & Cynthia Holbrook, Corporate Director, OHS Occupational Health Services (OHS) is the medical branch of an occupational and environmental health partnership with the Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHSO) to ensure the health and safety of the Emory community. Both branches directly support the Office of Research Administration…

  • Research Compliance News and Updates (January 2024)

    By Deepika Bhatia, Associate Vice President, RCRA Research Compliance News and Updates from Your Research Compliance & Regulatory Affairs Team For ongoing updates on new policies and research regulatory topics, join us on the third Thursday of every month to Ask RCRA! Here’s our quarterly newsletter with news you can use –  https://rcra.emory.edu/_includes/documents/newsletter-docs/october-2023-rcra-newsletter.pdf We are…

  • HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM)

    In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) released in October 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Office of Research Integrity (ORI) proposed to revise the Public Health Service (PHS) Policies on Research Misconduct. The proposed revisions are based on the…

  • NIH Workplace Conduct Requirements

    NIH supports safe and respectful work environments that are free from harassment, including sexual harassment, discrimination, or other forms of inappropriate conduct that can result in a hostile work environment. Learn who to contact with questions or concerns, and what NIH’s expectations are for institutions and the individuals supported on NIH-funded awards.  In accordance with…

  • ORCiD IDs @ Emory

    ORCID iDs–or Open Researcher and Contributor Identifiers–are unique identifiers that you can use to ensure you are always correctly associated with and connected to your academic work. The iDs help Emory staff, funders, publishers, scholarly societies, and other researchers quickly find and distinguish your work from materials created by other researchers with similar names. ORCID iDs are being used increasingly by…