Research Ethics Course
BIMS 7100 / PHS 7840
Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
Spring 2021 (Syllabus in progress)
Course Requirements
· Sign in sheets will be available at every session. Please be sure to sign in for each session that you attend, or you will be considered absent for the session. In order to receive a “Satisfactory” grade for the course, students must meet the attendance requirement.
Course Meetings:
All sessions meet on Tuesday afternoons from 3:30-5:00 PM via Zoom.
Class Format:
Each session will include an overview of the topic at hand. The remainder of the session will focus on small group discussion of relevant case studies/questions. The whole group will reconvene at the end of the period to share and discuss interesting points and/or perspectives that arose in individual small groups.
Readings and cases are from:
“On Being a Scientist: Third Edition.”
Course Collab Site:
Class readings will be posted to the course Collab site (BIMS 7100 / PHS 7840 – Research Ethics), with email notifications sent to the course roster. If you need instructions on how to access Collab, please contact the course instructor.
- Graduate students register for the course BIMS 7100 through SIS
- Post-doctoral students may register for the class through the Community Scholars Program in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS). Go to the New Student Registration page and scroll down to New Community Scholars. Complete the steps including the Visiting Student Form. Print the Community Scholar Class Registration Form. Then, send an e-mail to the Course Director, Dr. Jean Eby (jmg5b@virginia.edu), requesting “permission to enroll in BIMS 7100 for the Spring Term.” Print out and attach Dr. Eby’s email response to the SCPS form. You will then need to take the form & email to: Zehmer Hall, 104 Midmont Lane.
Payment options have changed. Please read instructions carefully.
Community Scholar tuition rates for Spring 2021:
- In-State: $540.00 per credit hour
- Out-of-State: $1,568.00 per credit hour
- Mandatory Comprehensive fee of $9.00 per credit hour
| February 16th, 2021 | Course Introduction; Methodological, Ethical, and Regulatory Issues in Research Jean Eby, MEd, MS, ScD Director of Human Subjects Research Education Respectful Research Jeanita Richardson, PhD Professor of Public Health Sciences |
| TBA | Data Management and Security Timothy Tolson, PhD Director of IT Policy and Compliance |
| TBA | Introduction to RCR; Research Misconduct Melur (Ram) K. Ramasubramanian, PhD Vice President for Research David Hudson, PhD Senior Associate Vice President for Research |
| TBA | Mentor/Trainee Responsibilities and Relationships David Wilkes, Dean of the School of Medicine Phillip Trella, PhD Assistant Vice President for Graduate Studies Sonali Majumdar, PhD Associate Director for Graduate Professional Development |
| TBA | Research Involving Vertebrate Animals or Human Subjects Kumari Andarawewa DVM, PhD, DACLAM, Associate Director, Center for Comparative Medicine Susie Hoffman, RN, BSN, CIP IRB-HSR Director |
| TBA | Authorship, Publication and Peer Review David Hudson, PhD Senior Associate Vice President for Research |
| TBA | Collaborative Research and Conflicts of Interest Stewart Craig, BS, MS Executive Director, Office of Sponsored Programs Robert Merhige, JD, Assistant Vice President for Commercialization and Compliance |
| TBA | Data Management, Rigor and Reproducibility Arian Abdulla, PhD Biomedical Science Librarian Andrea Horne Denton, MILS Research and Data Services Manager Marieke Jones, PhD Research Data Specialist |
| TBA | Statistical Considerations in Responsible Conduct of Research Sarah Ratcliffe, PhD Professor of Biostatistics, Public Health Sciences |
| TBA | FDA-Regulated Research Lori Elder, RN, BSN, CCRA Director of the SOM Clinical Trials Office Susie Hoffman, RN, BSN, CIP IRB-HSR Director |
*Note: Sessions marked with an asterisk are required sessions
“Reflection on responsible conduct of research should recur throughout a scientist’s career: at the undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, predoctoral, postdoctoral, and faculty levels. . . . Instruction must be undertaken at least once during each career stage, and at a frequency of no less than once every four years . . . To meet the above requirements, instruction in responsible conduct of research may take place, in appropriate circumstances, in a year when the trainee, fellow or career award recipient is not actually supported by an NIH grant.” (Notice Number: NOT-OD-10-019).
Course Leader
Jean Eby, MS, MEd, ScD
Director of Human Subjects Research Education,
Office of the Vice-President for Research
Assistant Professor,
Department of Public Health Sciences
Email: jmg5b@virginia.edu