Wannee AsavaroengchaiWannee Asavaroengchai, PhD, MBA, is a licensing associate in the Office for Technology Licensing and Industry Collaboration (OTL&IC). She is the primary contact for material transfer agreements and confidentiality agreements for Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center. She also helps Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center researchers make their discoveries available for public benefit, either through licensing the technology to an existing company or through the creation of a start-up company around the discovery. (more)

NIH Launches Funding Homepage for New Investigators

The Office of Extramural Research of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently launched a webpage with funding and information links for new investigators. The NIH funds basic and applied biomedical and behavioral research relevant to its mission, which is “science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.” (more)


A Sample of Tufts Start-Ups

The Office for Technology Licensing and Industry Collaboration (OTL&IC) helped launch the following start-up companies in 2007:

  • IGAN Biosciences
  • Lakewood Pharmaceuticals
  • Quanterix
  • Tempo Control Technologies

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Updated Education Requirements for Human Subjects Research

The IRB offices of Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center recently updated the education requirements for the protection of human research subjects. Investigators and research team members involved in human subjects research are required to complete training before participating in any research-related activity. Education requirements vary depending on your area of research. Health Sciences (HS) research team members are required to complete the HS IRB Education Requirements. Social, Behavioral, and Educational Research (SBER) team members are required to complete the SBER IRB Education Requirements. Contact your IRB office if you are not sure which education requirements you should fulfill.

Updated Human Subject Education Requirements

What are the updated HSC IRB education requirements?
They consist of basic training and annual continuing education.

Basic training consists of two parts:

  • Part 1. Four (4) required, online education modules provided through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI).

  • Part 2. One (1) elective CITI module or an HSC IRB-approved lecture. (more)

Updated Education Requirements for Human Subjects Research

What are the updated SBER Institutional Review Board (IRB) education requirements?
They consist of online education modules provided by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI).

Who is required to complete the updated SBER IRB education requirements?
All SBER IRB members and investigators (faculty, research staff, students, faculty research advisers, and research assistants) involved in human subjects research are required to complete the CITI SBER Course. (more)

 


 

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