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UMBC collaborates with MxD on cybersecurity curriculum

This story was written by Megan Hanks and first appeared on news.umbc.edu UMBC researchers will collaborate with the Chicago-based MxD to develop a curriculum and online platform for...

Posted: July 15, 2020, 2:24 PM

Requests from non-UMBC investigators to recruit participants

Steps to follow for the IRB to allow recruitment

Members of the UMBC community receive, from time to time, requests from investigators unaffiliated with UMBC to recruit participants for human subjects research. Participants are generally...

Posted: June 29, 2020, 4:29 PM

Updates to IRB consent templates

Using feedback from investigators and IRB reviewers, the ORPC has updated wording to various sections of consent document templates. These updates were made to : Purpose : informing participants...

Posted: June 24, 2020, 11:06 AM

Prof Wilson helps governors, public respond to COVID-19

This story was written by Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque and first appeared on news.umbc.edu Governors across the United States have been working to determine what safe reopening might...

Posted: June 22, 2020, 3:45 PM

Duplicate project entries in Kuali COI disclosures

Our office has identified a series of duplicate Kuali emails for projects (proposals) sent to PIs/faculty that reference a proposal number as well as institutional proposal number with the same...

Posted: June 22, 2020, 2:48 PM

COVID-19 research at UMBC

Professor Lucy Wilson helps in the response to COVID-19

Lucy Wilson, a professor in the Emergency Health Services department in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at UMBC, is an infectious disease transmission expert whose research is...

Posted: June 10, 2020, 5:32 PM

Conflict of Interest Disclosures and CITI training

Reminder of CITI Training for COI Disclosures

Investigators identified as “key personnel”,  in Public Health Service funded research (e.g., NIH) are reminder they are required to complete the CITI training in Conflict of Interest (COI) prior...

Posted: June 10, 2020, 2:01 PM