RESEARCH INTEGRITY AND COMPLIANCE
Jamie Peno
Assistant Vice President for Research Integrity and Compliance
In FY22, the Research Integrity and Compliance team continued our commitment to ensuring transparency, collaboration, efficiency, and consistency in research compliance operations. We integrated UNT’s Biosafety Program into our area and added a Biosafety Officer position to our team. The integration strengthened compliance by providing effective monitoring of biosafety protocols and our collaboration with the Risk Management Services team. The Biosafety Program oversees and reviews research protocols involved in both teaching and research, and in areas of overlap, it coordinates with the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), the Institutional Review Board (IRB), and the Radiation Safety Committee when applicable. The IRB Program provided additional recruitment resources to our research community by joining ResearchMatch, a national recruitment registry that brings together researchers and people who are interested in volunteering to participate in health-related research studies. Additionally, Tango Card and Greenphire’s ClinCard platforms were implemented to provide researchers with more compensation tools and resources. The IACUC Program implemented an electronic system through Huron Research Suite for researchers to electronically submit their research protocols. The Program is part of the Grants and Research Administration Management Suite (GRAMS) software solution. With this implementation, researchers will have the ability to complete their IACUC protocols in GRAMS with the goal of streamlining processes. Programmatic improvements were made to our International Affiliations and Foreign Influence Program to safeguard our research endeavors while supporting our international collaborations. The goal of our program is to be welcoming to all individuals in a safe and inclusive manner while maintaining compliance and meeting the highest ethical standards. Lastly, we continued to focus on research integrity by providing ___ training
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