Quality Assurance Committees

UW Quality and Compliance Operations Committee

The Quality and Compliance Operations Committee (QCOC) supports the UW-Madison Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) by integrating major cross campus HRPP constituents under one committee structure to facilitate the monitoring of the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of the HRPP, including compliance with organizational policies and procedures and applicable laws, regulations, codes and guidance. In this capacity, the QCOC serves as the primary source of quality, effectiveness, and efficiency information for the Quality and Compliance Oversight and Advisory Committee where HRPP program evaluation determinations and critical policy, infrastructure, and resource allocation decisions are made.

QCOC members include individuals from:

• UW Office of Research Compliance
• UW Health Sciences IRBs
• UW Education & Social/Behavioral Sciences IRB
• UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
• Research & Sponsored Programs
• William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
• UW Carbone Cancer Center
• UW Office of Legal Affairs

UW Quality and Compliance Oversight and Advisory Committee

The Quality and Compliance Oversight and Advisory Committee (QCOAC) is a cross-campus committee created to support the UW-Madison HRPP by:

• Acting as a steering committee for the QCOC to help identify institutional priorities for HRPP quality, effectiveness, efficiency and outreach
• Serving in an advisory capacity to institutional officials and other entities when events or data suggest the need for changes in HRPP structure, policy, or resources in order to achieve a high quality, effective, efficient HRPP or to achieve outreach goals
• Working with institutional leadership to identify appropriate resource allocation for the campus-wide HRPP

The QCOAC is chaired by the Institutional Official for the protection of human subjects. Other members include those in leadership positions across the campus-wide HRPP, such as the Associate Deans for Research from the major research colleges and schools, and UW individual(s) with expertise in program evaluation. The committee also includes representatives from the QCOC.

Keywords: QCOC, QCOAC, quality assurance, orc, hrpp,