Research Compliance and Integrity
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The university is committed to achieving the highest ethical and legal standards of research conduct by fostering a culture of compliance, responsibility and conscience that reflects integrity and truth as core values in science and scholarship.The Research Compliance and Integrity (RCI) unit of the Office of Research promotes integrity through education and training and by developing and implementing policies and procedures to assure compliance with federal and state laws and regulations regarding the responsible conduct of research.
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The RCI unit provides administrative support and oversight to the following compliance areas:
- Boating and Diving Safety (oversight of policies and procedures)
- Export Controls
- Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research
- Human Anatomical Specimen & Tissue Oversight
- Quality Improvement Auditing of Research Studies Involving Human Subjects
- Research Ethics: Responsible Conduct of Research Program
- Research Misconduct
- Stem Cell Research Oversight
The RCI unit provides administrative support to the following committees:
- Biorepository Workgroup
- Committee for Research Integrity (CRI)
- Conflict of Interest in Research Committee (COIC)
- Human Anatomical Specimen & Tissue Oversight Committee (HASTOC)
- Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee (SCRO)
The RCI Director provides additional services in the following areas:
- Collaborates with IACUC to maintain AALAC accreditation
- Liaison to departments, research units, and government agencies to ensure compliance in biosafety, human subjects, and animal subjects research
- Provides campus with expertise and training on complex federal, sate and university regulations and compliance areas
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