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Please visit the HRPP Website to watch the May 15, 2024 Research Community Meeting and past meetings.
The next Research Community Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, from 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM ET.
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Updates from the HRPP Research Community Meeting | |
Temporary Pause on Activating New Clinical Trials
Dr. Peter Friedmann spoke about the recent decision to put a temporary pause on activating any new clinical trials or submitting new, non-NIH grants.
The full letter to the research community can be accessed below.
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Education and Quality Assurance Program (EQA)
(formerly Education and Compliance Specialists)
The Education and Quality Assurance Program (EQA) under the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) oversees human research at Baystate Health. The EQA program is responsible for providing education and support to investigators and study staff conducting clinical research studies at Baystate. The EQA is also responsible for performing audits of human subject research studies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and institutional policies.
For more information on the services provided by the Education and Quality Assurance Program, visit the HRPP website.
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Service Now for HRPP Education and Quality Assurance Program (EQA)
The HRPP Education and Quality Assurance Program (EQA) has instituted a Service Now catalog to request help with training, MCSR, eConsents, expanded access, IRBNet and much more. Please use the link below to access Service Now. Visit the HRPP website to see all of the services provided by EQA.
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Let us know how we are doing!
Please take a few short moments to complete this survey and tell us how the HRPP and IRB staff are doing. Give us feedback on how we can best serve you.
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Congratulations and Thanks to Paul Visintainer, PhD | |
Dr. Paul Visintainer, Professor of Medicine and
Director of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Baystate, will be retiring at the end of the May.
Dr. Visintainer has been an IRB Member since 2015 and the Board 1 Chair since 2021.
We would like to thank Dr. Visintainer for his dedication to the Baystate research mission and the Institutional Review Board. We will miss you.
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SUNY Downstate HRP Clubhouse Event | |
Courageous Conversations: Charting New Ethics - IRBs Navigate Legislative Shifts
- Challenges to Justice Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- LGBTQ+ Rights
- Reproductive Rights
Delve into the effects on "sIRB review and multisite studies”
June 4, 2024, 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET
Panel includes:
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Doing Research with Data and Biospecimens under the Common Rule (OHRP) | |
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Repositories are common practice in medical practices and in hospitals and research centers. Physicians create repositories to monitor trends in their patients. Hospitals may create a repository to monitor quality improvement efforts. Researchers also create repositories in order to track patient information and to allow that information to be utilized in broad, generalized research studies.
Keep in mind that repositories created for research, that is, intended for use outside of a single practice or hospital, and for others to access the data for research must be reviewed and approved by an IRB. Research repositories must be reviewed at an expedited level (usually).
Take a look at the following videos (or check out the slide decks provided) from the federal Office of Human Research Protections, which can be quite helpful in understanding the difference. As always, you can contact the Baystate IRB if you have any questions about research repositories.
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HHS Finalizes Rule Strengthening Protections Against Disability Discrimination | |
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Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), finalized a rule that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. This rule, titled Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities, advances equity and bolsters protections for people with disabilities under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504). This important Final Rule is HHS’s latest action in furtherance of Executive Order 14091, entitled Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.
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Scientists Possess Inflated Views of Their Own Ethics | |
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Key Points
- Recent research calls into question researchers' biased perceptions of their own ethical practices.
- This, though, should be unsurprising, given that researchers are subject to the same biases as everyone else.
- Ample evidence exists to point toward bounded ethicality and motivated reasoning as culprits.
Link to the Article
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IRB View of eConsent and eSignatures | |
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Insights from WCG IRB Chair Erin Brower on the differences between eConsent and eSignatures.
eSignature is specific to the documentation of consent, while eConsent refers to the process of consent that includes technology and can support or replace a face-to-face, wet-ink signature process.
Click Here to Learn More
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News from the HRPP / IRB Office... | |
Shemetra Owens and Cliff Rhodes will be attending the 2024 AAHRPP Annual Conference: Science and Standards in San Diego, May 21st through May 23rd. We will share what they learned in the next newsletter.
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Susan Garrow-Sloan, Shemetra Owens and Michael Boland met in person for the first time at the recent gathering celebrating Dr. Paul Visintainer's retirement and Melissa Quintero's new position in Florida.
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One Pot Orecchiette with Sausage
and Broccolini
This One Pot Orecchiette with Sausage and Broccolini (or broccoli, or broccoli rabe) is an easy weeknight recipe packed with Italian flavor!
Link to the Recipe
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Q. A young gardener approached an older, more experienced gardener and asked him, “Should I plant flowers in April?
A. The experienced gardener turns to the young gardener and said, “You May as well.”
Q. What goes up when May rain comes down?
A. An umbrella.
Q. An employee asks his boss, “Can I have two weeks off for Christmas?”
A. His boss replied, “It’s May…”, to which the employee responded,
“Oh, sorry. May I have two weeks off for Christmas?”
Q. Why are oak trees so forgiving?
A. Every May they “turn over a new leaf”.
Q. I called to speak to my doctor and the receptionist asked “May I ask who’s calling?”
A. I replied “Yes you may, go right ahead and ask”.
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Check out the Winter 2023/2024 edition of the The Innovator, produced by the Baystate Office of Research.
The Office of Research publishes The Innovator quarterly (winter, spring, summer, fall). Each issue highlights a few of our projects or researchers, and lists upcoming events.
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Past issues of The Innovator can be found here: Website | | |
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Voluntary service as an IRB member is a great opportunity to help improve the research enterprise at Baystate, deepen personal knowledge on human research, and may create future professional opportunities. If you or someone you know would like to learn more about becoming an IRB member at Baystate, please email
irbprotocolsubmissions@baystatehealth.org.
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