Promoting Scholarship & Solutions in Business and the Academy The Research Integrity and Compliance Symposium is a two day event with focused workshop and plenary sessions on developing or improving compliance and understanding of the regulations impacting today’s businesses and academic institutions. From newcomers to the field to experts there is always something new to learn at the Symposium.

This year the Symposium is expanding to a full-day on Thursday, will include offerings such as NCURA workshop, Lean Process and Regulatory Compliance. Friday will feature a full day of workshops across these fields, including for the first‐time a selection of one‐hour, peer‐reviewed presentations. In addition, the Symposium will feature poster presentations.

Keynote Speaker

Heather H. Pierce, J.D., M.P.H.

Heather Pierce is Senior Director for Science Policy and Regulatory Counsel at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).  She serves as AAMC’s staff leader for scientific regulatory issues including clinical research, conflicts of interest, evidence­based regulation, and collaborations between industry, government, and academia in biomedical research.  She is also the program leader for the AAMC’s Forum on Conflict of Interest in Academe and for Convey, the AAMC’s global financial interest disclosure system.

Thursday Workshops

RIO Roundtable (1/2 Day – Morning)

Lean Thinking for the Research Compliance Office (1/2 Day – Afternoon)

NCURA Research Administrator’s Discussion Group (1/2 Day – Afternoon)

Research on Research Integrity (1/2 Day – Morning)

Research Compliance Overview (Full Day)

Friday Concurrent Sessions Group I

Merging Perspectives: Data Management and Research Integrity (Patricia Condon, University of New Hampshire)

Adapting your HRPP to the “New World” (Cheryl Savini and Karen Christianson, HRP Consulting Group)

Preparing Research Misconduct Committees to Succeed (Mark Borreliz and Kate Gallin Heffernan, Verrill Dana LLP)

Export Control at the University (Bethany Nelson, UW-Madison)

Issues of “Student Research” in the University (Christy Hammer, University of Southern Maine)

Friday Concurrent Sessions Group II

Assessing Risk in Social, Behavioral, and Educational Research: Case Studies (Amy Ben-Arieh and Lara Sloboda, The Fenway Institute)

SMART IRB: A National Roadmap to Single IRB Review (Sabune Winkler, Nichelle Cobb, and Elizabeth Witte, Harvard Catalyst and SMART IRB)

Lessons On What To Do and What Not To Do from Recent Compliance Cases in HS Research (Peter Vasilenko, Apex Ethical Services, LLC)

Dual Use Research of Concern: Institutional Oversight Program (Sajal K. Ghosh, Boston University)

Regulatory Myths, Managing Risk and Enhancing Co-operative Compliance (Brian Gladue, University of North Texas Health Science Center)

Friday Concurrent Sessions Group III

From Auditing/Monitoring to Quality Improvement: Best Practices in Research Compliance (John R. Baumann, Indiana University)

Establishing a High Quality Human Research Protection Program (HRPP): the AAHRPP Model (Michelle Feige and Elyse Summers, AAHRPP)

The Common Rule Final Rule: It’s Finally Here…Now What?? (Kate Gallin Heffernan and Emily Chi Fogler, Verrill Dana)

International Collaboration: International Travel and 3rd Party Risks (Brian Mitchell Warshawsky, University of California)

Protection or paternalism? Rethinking the ethics of research with vulnerable people (Judith Navratil, University of Pittsburgh)