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Occupational Safety and Health Training and Assessment

In conjunction with the UMBC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and Environmental Safety and Health, the ORPC is pleased to provide updated information about the occupational health and...

Posted: August 20, 2013, 2:43 PM

CITI Program Website Upgrade

You may have noticed. CITI Program's website has been upgraded to more of a user-friendly "interface" to the entire site and many new features.  Additional new features will be added as well. ...

Posted: August 2, 2013, 1:33 PM

Diseases of Research Animals (DORA)

For  researchers, lab personnel and animal care staff: The Diseases of Research Animals (DORA) website, sponsored by the University of Missouri - Comparative Medicine Program and IDEXX...

Posted: June 25, 2013, 2:28 PM

Overview of NIH/NSF Conflict of Interest Guidelines

NCURA Youtube Tuesday

Take a look at this video for a discussion on how these agencies approach conflicts of interest. A recent National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) YouTube Tuesday video,...

Posted: May 28, 2013, 4:33 PM

Export Control Training

See the EC training link for additional training information from BIS - Bureau of Industry and Security

Posted: May 24, 2013, 2:23 PM

Plagiarism as Research Misconduct

View an archive of presenters from the NSF Office of the Inspector General and HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) at the May 6, 2013 Plagiarism Workshop, sponsored by Colorado State...

Posted: May 17, 2013, 4:15 PM

Invitation to Apply to Be a Student Member of the IRB

The Institutional Review Board (IRB),  the formally designated UMBC committee to approve, monitor, and review research involving humans is currently accepting applications from students to join...

Posted: May 17, 2013, 2:39 PM

With export controls, be safe and smart

A reminder about the need to do entity background checks for anything being shipped overseas.  The Office for Research Protections and Compliance has access to a dynamic database to verify if...

Posted: May 17, 2013, 9:04 AM