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Einstein
IRB Newsletter
December 2011 |
Table of Contents (click a link for more details):
- New Einstein
IRB Website
- Revised Policies
- New IRB Staff
- Staff Recognition
- Research Coordinator
Listserv
- "Conducting
a Clinical Trial" Seminar and Workshop
Einstein IRB News
- New Einstein
IRB Website
We are excited to unveil our new
website, designed to serve the needs of both
"East Campus" and "West Campus" researchers.
It was been redesigned to provide easy access to
important information with a cleaner, less cluttered
interface. We welcome feedback!
- Revised Policies
As part of the IRB's merger, we have been working
behind the scenes to bring conformity to our policies
and procedures. While this is an ongoing process
(more policies will be revised in the coming months),
please take a few minutes to review the following
policies that have been revised recently:
- New IRB Staff
The Einstein IRB warmly welcomes Lauren Perez and
Priya Deoloa to the West Campus administrative office
of the Einstein IRB.
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Lauren Perez, IRB Manager, is a
Certified IRB Professional (CIP)
and comes to us with 3 years of
IRB experience and has also worked
as a clinical research associate.
Her responsibilities include oversight
of the West Campus IRB operations
and working with Prena Zagreda on
new protocol submissions to the
IRB.
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Priya Deola, IRB Analyst, has 8
years of experience in the Health Care
& Biotech field and has considerable
experience dealing with various
regulatory projects. When she starts
on January 3, she will begin working
on the processing of progress reports.
- Staff Recognition
Please join us in congratulating Prena Zagreda on
recently becoming CIP certified. She joins
David Wallach (Director), Melissa Epstein (Administrator),
Barbara Ward (IRB Administrator, East Campus), Lauren
Perez (IRB Manager, West Campus) on our growing
list of CIP certified staff. The CIP credential:
- Promotes
the ethical conduct of research
by strengthening the professional
administration of IRBs.
- Validates
an individual’s professional experience
and demonstrated mastery of the
body of knowledge determined by
national experts to be essential
to competent IRB/HRPP administrative
practices.
- Encourages
personal growth and professional
development.
- Provides
an expanded array of career advancement
opportunities.
- Strengthens
the quality of HRPPs by certifying
a cadre of committed and educated
individuals.
- Research Coordinator Listserv
This listserv is a quick and easy way to communicate
with a community of study coordinators with a broad
range of experience, to ask for advice or help with
questions about managing clinical research studies
(e.g. regulatory issues, recruiting ideas) or to
share information (e.g. knowledge resources, opportunities
for professional development). The listserv is managed
by the Einstein-Montefiore Institute for Clinical
and Translational Research. It is a closed email
list intended for distributing topic-related information
that the list members as a group might benefit from
sharing. Messages are moderated (reviewed and approved)
prior to being sent directly to subscribers’ email
boxes. The ResCoord Listserv will archive discussions
for future reference and is searchable. Click
here for more information or to subscribe.
- "Conducting a Clinical Trial" Seminar
and Workshop
The
OCT will be hosting a dynamic 2-day program
on January 24-25, 2012 designed to demonstrate the
skill set needed to plan, manage, activate and successfully
conduct a clinical trial. Designed for study coordinators,
PIs, research fellows, nurses, IRB personnel, and
others who work in clinical research. Certificates
of completion distributed at the end of the program,
and continuing education credit hours offered to
ACRP members. Questions? Contact
Evelyn
Koestenblatt (718-920-8022).