Resources

Table of Contents - Research Integrity Resources

• Instututional Review Boards (IRBs)
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Commitee (IACUC)
• Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
• Promoting Research Objectivity (PRO - formerly COIC)
• Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee (SCRO)
• Research Misconduct (RM) Allegations
• Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

Institutional Review Boards (IRB-SB, IRB-Clin)

UCR Resources:

• UCR IRB Guidance for COVID-19 - HSR
• IRB Policies & Procedures
• 'How to IRB' tutorial (optimized for Chrome)
• Reasons for IRB Application Delays
• Informed Consent Guide
• Minimal Risk Tip Sheet
• Expedited Review Categories
• Exempt Review Categories
• Policy - Use of Subject Pools in Human Subjects Research
• Guideline - Field Experiments and Elections
• Incidental Findings Guide
• UC IRB Reliance Registry for Studies under the UC MOU
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Instructions
• HIPAA & Human Subjects Research
• WIRB & Clinical Trials
• Guidance - Significant Risk (SR) & Non-significant Risk (NSR) devices
• Experimental Subject's Bill of Rights
  • Spanish version
• Statement of Privacy Practices: GDPR - Research
• NIH Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) Policy and the Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)

UCR Templates:

• IRB-SB Informed Consent Template
• IRB-Clin Informed Consent Template
• Exempt Informed Consent Template
• Notice and Informed Consent Language for EEA Template
• Access Letter Template

Events:

• IRB Workshops & Outreach
• ORI Seminar Series

Government Resources:

• 45 CFR 46 (Human Subjects)
• CFR 21 (Food and Drugs)
• The Belmont Report
• NIH - Research Involving Human Subjects
• clinicaltrials.gov registry
• NIH - Glossary of Human Subjects Terms
• International Compilation of Human Research Standards

Committee Member Resources:

• IRB Member Reviewer Checklist
• IRB Member Placemat
• IRB-SB files for Committee Members (requires login)
• IRB-Clin files for Committee Members (requires login)

For Reference Only

• Exempt Review Categories - for pre-2019 Applications

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Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

• UCR IACUC Policies (policy page)
• UCR IACUC Guidance (guidance page)
• Things all animal users/handlers at UCR should know
• IACUC and AUP Information for UCR Faculty (animal use forms, related grant, housing and inspection information)
• Accreditation: Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC)
• Federal Links:
  • PHS - Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
  • The Guide
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • USDA - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
  • Animal Welfare Act and Regulations
• Vertebrate Animal Care and Procedures:
  • American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)
  • IACUC.org
  • Public Responsibility In Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)
• Recognition and Alleviation of Distress in Laboratory Animals

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Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

UCR Resources:

• BUA Application Tutorial
• IBC Charter – Committee Roles and Responsibilities
• IBC Reporting and Duties
• LMS Training Instructions - IBC Members
• LMS Training Instructions - Investigators
• Research Approval and Training Requirements
• Environmental Health & Safety - Training
• Environmental Health & Safety - Biosafety
• UCR policies
• ORI Guidance

Government Resources:

• NIH - Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules (NIH Guidelines)
• CDC/NIH - Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 5th
• California Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Bloodborne Pathogen Standard California Code of Regulation, Title 8 §5193
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Select Agent Program
• American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) - Risk Group Database
• The World Health Organization (WHO)
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• NIH Grants Policy Statement
• RAC Review Procedures Revised Under the NIH Guidelines
• NIH - FAQs for Exempt Research

Committee Member Resources:

• IBC files for Committee Members (requires login)

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Promoting Research Objectivity (PRO)

Conflict of Commitment:

Researchers may have external professional commitments that, while important, are so extensive they conflict with their primary teaching, clinical (if relevant), and research obligations at their own institutions (typically referred to as a conflict of commitment). Contact the Office of Academic Personnel at academicpersonnel@ucr.edu for more information.

Policies:

UCR is required to follow the University of California, Office of the President (UCOP) policies, and is required to review all financial disclosures in connection with research grants, contracts, gifts, and clinical study protocols. At UCR, the PRO Committee reviews each financial disclosure and reaches a determination of strategies through elimination, reduction or management of the interests.

• UCR School of Medicine Compliance Advisory Services
• Checlist for Financial Conflict of Interest - Human Subject Studies

UCOP:

• Conflict of Interest Code
• Ethics, Compliance and Audit services
• Policy regarding PHS Aug 24, 2012 rule
• List of non-governmental entities exempt from disclosure requirements and those that adopted the PHS rule
• UCOP and UCR Whistleblower Policies
• University of California Policy on Disclosure of Financial Interests and Management of Conflicts of Interest Related to NSF-Sponsored Projects
• APM 016-University Policy On Faculty Conduct And The Administration Of Discipline
• APM 025- General University Policy Regarding Academic Appointees
  Conflict of Commitment and Outside Activities of Faculty Members
• APM 028- General University Policy Regarding Academic Appointees
  Disclosure of Financial Interest in Private Sponsors of Research
• APM 670-Salary Administration
• APM 671 - Conflict of Commitment and Outside Activities of Health Sciences Compensation Plan Participants
• Compendium of Conflict Of Interest And Integrity Policies - Guidance (formerly Business and Finance Bulletin G-39)

State:

• Fair Political Practices Commission
• Disclosures are not required for certain non-profit research sponsors that have been approved by the University of California and the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) for exemption. The exempt sponsors are found on the List of Non-Governmental Entities Exempt From Disclosure Requirement.

Federal:

• NIH - 42 CFR Part 50 Subpart F
• NIH - Financial Conflict of Interest
• NIH - Frequently Asked Questions
• NSF - Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the DHHS Objectivity in Research Regulations and the NSF Investigator Financial Disclosure Policy
• NSF - Conflict of Interest Policies (NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide)

Committee Member Resources:

• PRO Member Reviewer Checklist
• PRO Member Placemat
• PRO files for Committee Members (requires login)

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Stem Cell Research Oversight (SCRO)

UCR:

• Stem Cell Core Facility

Government:

• California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
• NIH - Stem Cell Information
• Stem Cells at the National Academies (includes NAS guidelines for stem cell research)

Other Sources of Information:

• International Society for Stem Cell Research
• WiCell

Research Misconduct (RM) Allegations

• UCR - Research Misconduct Handout
• Lab Leadership and Management Best Practices Checklist
• Strategies for Professional Decison Making: The SMART Approach
• US Department of Health and Human Services - ORI Case Studies

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

• UCR - Research Ethics Education Program (REEP)
• NAS - On Being a Scientist - excellent introduction to the topic
• AAAS - The Academic Scientists' Toolkit
• NIH - Office of Research Integrity
• Workshop on Ethics Education and Scientific and Engineering Research (2009)
• FASEB - Statement on Including Postdoctoral Mentoring Plans in Research Grant Applications: Individual Development Plan for Postdoctoral Fellows

RCR at other institutions:

• Columbia
• HHS - ORI
• Online Ethics Center

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