News

CITI's web pages are changing!

The new look will appear in March 2017

CITI is redesigning their site to provide new navigation features to access learning modules and courses.  Take a look at the below CITI support website to view the planned navigation changes....

Posted: February 16, 2017, 3:16 PM

Foreign nationals who participate in DOE research

Investigators planning or currently performing Department of Energy (DOE) work, please read the below: The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued an amendment to the DOE Order 142.3a, which...

Posted: February 3, 2017, 4:14 PM

UMBC is now using Single Sign On (SSO) to access CITI

The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) houses many of the research compliance training modules investigators use prior to initiating a research study. UMBC has teamed up with...

Posted: January 25, 2017, 12:09 PM

Biosafety Stewardship

October is “National Biosafety Stewardship Month”

National Biosafety Stewardship Month is a period during which institutions, such as UMBC, are encouraged to focus  efforts on promoting awareness of investigator responsibilities and sustaining a...

Posted: September 30, 2016, 11:39 AM

Animal Use Applications

Writing the Vertebrate Animal Section

Federal policy requires that if you are going to use live vertebrate animals in NIH funded research, you must adhere to the requirements in the PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory...

Posted: May 4, 2016, 2:51 PM

Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)

OHRP has a new website!

The Office for Human Research Protections provides leadership in the protection of the rights, welfare, and wellbeing of subjects involved in research conducted or supported by the U.S. Department...

Posted: May 3, 2016, 11:26 AM

Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

Use of Recombinant DNA and Biohazardous Materials

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) was approved in 2015 by the NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities. The IBC is responsible for ensuring that...

Posted: April 13, 2016, 11:09 AM

Importance of keeping participant data safe and secure

Improper disclosure of research participants’ protected health information results in $3.9 million HIPAA settlement Feinstein Institute for Medical Research agreed to pay the U.S. Department...

Posted: March 18, 2016, 8:58 AM

Updates to ORPC forms and documents

To continue our outreach and providing the most up to date templates for our investigators to use, please click on the ORPC Documents and Forms page to download the most current versions. These...

Posted: February 19, 2016, 1:52 PM

ORPC office availablity

With the upcoming winter break, the staff in the ORPC will be enjoying the time away from campus. Applications submitted for compliance committee review (IRB, IACUC and IBC) as well as any...

Posted: December 23, 2015, 5:05 PM