Dear Graduate Students:

 

I hope that this message greets you well.  I wanted to inform you of three 
exciting program/procedural issues related to Responsible Conduct of 
Research that may be of benefit to you as part of your graduate training 
here at Miami University:  

 

1)     The OARS is sponsoring a series of workshops in the Fall and Spring 
on issues related to Responsible Conduct of Research.  The title of the 
first workshop, which is being held on Tuesday, November 13, from 12:30-
2p.m., is “Ethics, IRBs and Internet Research: A Workshop for 
Researchers.”  This workshop will be facilitated by two researchers with 
expertise in this area—Dr. Heidi McKee, Assistant Professor of English at 
Miami and Dr. James Porter, Professor of Writing, Rhetoric and American 
cultures at Michigan State University.  The workshop is free and a box 
lunch will be provided.  Space is limited and registrations are currently 
being accepted.  A flier with additional details and registration 
information is attached.  Please distribute accordingly.

 

2)     The Institutional Review Board is currently accepting electronic 
submissions for new protocol applications. We are currently in the pilot 
stage, but in the Spring it will be strongly suggested that all 
applications be submitted in this format.  For individuals who are 
interested in submitting electronic submissions, the application should be 
submitted in the form of a pdf to ([log in to unmask]) and one signed 
original sent to OARS in 102 Roudebush Hall.  Researchers should condense 
the application and all supporting documents into one file.  If individuals 
have any questions, they may contact Ms. Terri Brosius at 529-3734.

 

3)     The second workshop in the RCR series will be focused on conducting 
power analysis for animal care and human subjects research projects.  This 
workshop will be held in the Spring.  Details and registration information 
will be distributed in the near future. 

 

I hope that you will find this information to be helpful.  If you have any 
questions about this email, please let me know.  

 

Thank you,

Jhan

 

Dr. Jhan Doughty Berry

Director of Research Compliance

Adjunct Assistant Professor-

Educational Psychology & Psychology

Graduate School and Research & Scholarship

Miami University

220 Roudebush Hall

Oxford, OH 45056

(513) 529-1757 voice

(513) 529-3762 fax

www.muohio.edu/oars