MISSION: Ensure that RCMI CC activities meet and exceed standards for regulatory compliance, placing particular emphasis upon meeting federal requirements and addressing privacy issues for health and research-related electronic records at the clinical sites.
The Ethics & Regulatory subcommittee is focused on moving the IRB harmonization efforts for the Network’s 18 RCMI sites, and will continue to implement information sharing opportunities that address compliance areas including IACUC, Biosafety and Research Integrity.
Recent activities
• Implementing IRB Harmonization that will expedite the approval and implementation of multi-site research studies
• Developing RCMI CC IRB Standard Operating Produce (SOP)
• Devising plan to test authorization agreements using the Small Grants Awards Project
• Implemented RCMI CC IRB Café (Compliance Café) webinar series to expand understanding of compliance issues
Abstract : Establishment of IRB Reciprocity in a Multi-Center Translational Research Network. Junko Nishitani, PhD; Zoe H. Hammatt, JD, Mphil; John C. Smith, MSW, CIM, CIP; Brenda J. Klement, PhD; Stephen O. Sodeke, PhD, MA, accepted for display as a poster at PRIM&R’s 2013 Advancing Ethical Research Conference, November 7-9, Boston, MA.
Co-Chairs
Junko Nishitani, PhD- Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science - junkonishitani@cdrewu.edu
John C. Smith, MSW, CIM, CIP, Morehouse School of Medicine, josmith@msm.edu
Current Members
Emma Fernández-Repollet, PhD – University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus
Luis Cubano, PhD – Universidad Central del Caribe
Donna Antoine-LaVigne, PhD -Jackson State University
Julio Jiménez, MD – Ponce School of Medicine
Corey Jones, PhD – Meharry Medical College
Sharon Turkovich, PhD – University of Hawaii at Manoa
Daniel Sarpong, PhD – Jackson State University
Winifred Smith, MPH – Morehouse School of Medicine
Carol Szetela, PhD, Meharry Medical School
Homero del Piño, PhD – Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Pluscedia Williams – Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Nell Forge, PhD- Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Connie Dzekov , BA, CCRA, CCRP – Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science