Ha is an IRB Review Specialist for the Longwood Medical Area IRB, serving the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She is responsible for reviewing initial applications (not human subjects research, exempt, expedited and full committee), modification requests, and continuing renewals. Prior to joining the … Continue reading “Ha Nguyen”
Steven Anzalone is an IRB (Institutional Review Board) Review Specialist for the Longwood Medical Area IRB, serving the Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He is responsible for reviewing new IRB submissions, modifications, and continuing renewals. Before joining the ORARC (Office of Regulatory Affairs & Research Compliance), … Continue reading “Steven Anzalone”
Leslie M. Howes serves as the Director for the Office of Regulatory Affairs and Research Compliance (ORARC). In this role, Leslie is responsible for overseeing ORARC’s daily operations in a broad range of research compliance activities for the Harvard Chan School, including animal research, research integrity, and lab and biosafety initiatives. Leslie also oversees the … Continue reading “Leslie M. Howes”
Dr. Wolf Christiani is the Associate Dean for Regulatory Affairs & Research Compliance at Harvard School of Public Health. She is also a faculty member in the Department of Health Policy and Management. In her role as Associate Dean, Dr. Wolf Christiani is responsible for establishing and implementing a comprehensive Human Research Protection Program, developing … Continue reading “Delia Wolf Christiani”
Alyssa Speier, Senior Associate Director of Regulatory Affairs, Research Compliance & Education serves as the primary point of contact for Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health faculty on developing Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) between the School and other collaborating institutions. She also works with the School’s Associate Dean for Regulatory Affairs & Research Compliance … Continue reading “Alyssa Speier”
Lisa Gabel, Senior QA/QI Specialist, is responsible for providing Quality Improvement Program (QIP) services to the LMA research community, serving Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Harvard School of Public Health. As a member of the QIP team, Lisa provides a range of research support to investigators and research staff, as well … Continue reading “Lisa Gabel”
Elizabeth is an IRB Review Specialist for the Longwood Medical Area IRB, serving the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She is responsible for reviewing initial applications (not human subjects research, exempt, expedited and full committee), modification requests and continuing renewals. Prior to joining the … Continue reading “Elizabeth Ehrlich”
As Associate Director of IRB Operations, Kim is responsible for managing the convened IRB process at Harvard Longwood Medical Area (LMA) Schools, including Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Kim continues in her role as a member of the IRB Review Specialist team reviewing initial … Continue reading “Kim Serpico”
Current human subjects training is required of anyone interacting/intervening with human subjects or obtaining identifiable data/specimens. To satisfy this requirement, Harvard University offers human subjects training through CITI (Collaborative IRB Training Initiative). If you do not have an HUID, you will need to have a Harvard affiliate/sponsor request one for you per the Harvard University Person … Continue reading “CITI Human Research Training”
On January 21, 2019, the Harvard Longwood Campus (HLC) IRBs implemented the new (2018) requirements of the revised Common Rule as stipulated in the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (45 CFR 46). The revised Common Rule is intended to add flexibility and to reduce regulatory burden. Below we provide an overview of … Continue reading “Revised Human Research Regulations (2018 Requirements)”
