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Research Compliance Responsibility Assignments

Research-Policy-Compliance-Responsibility-Matrix-October-29-2024

Research Policy Compliance Responsibility Assignments – October 29, 2024
Responsibility Area Assignment by Role Assigned Individual Supporting staff/unit in OVCR Significant partners outside OVCR
Institutional Official for Human Research Subjects Protection Program  (HRPP) ClinicalTrials.gov AVC Research Policy and
Compliance
Nadine Connor Director ORC, HRPP (IRB and Quality, Compliance and Reliance) staff in ORC, ARROW IT staff 2 IRBs, Cross Campus HRPP Advisory Committee, Quality & Compliance Oversight Advisory Committee, ct.gov service line, CTI
Legal (B Daly, K Maier)
Institutional Official for Research Animals AVC Research Policy and
Compliance
Nadine Connor RARC and WNPRC staff, ARROW and research services IT staff 4 ACUCs, School/College Programs and Animal Housing units, ACAPAC
Legal (MA McCollough)
Occupational Health (component required by animal program) AVC Research Policy and
Compliance
Nadine Connor Occupational Medicine, IBC, Animal Research Safety staff
Legal (MA McCollough)
Controlled Substances (research related uses) AVC Research
Policy and Compliance
Nadine Connor RARC (as related to animal research) Chem Safety, Legal (MA McCollough)
Stem Cell oversight program AVC Research Policy and
Compliance
Nadine Connor SCRO Manager in ORC, ARROW IT staff Legal (B Daly, K Maier)
Conflict of Interest (financial and institutional) AVC Research Policy and
Integrity
Mark Rickenbach COI Office, OVCR IT COI committee, School/College ADRs
Legal  (B Daly)
Research Integrity Officer (RIO) AVC  Research Policy and
Integrity
Mark Rickenbach Divisional AVCs Deans office Schools/Colleges,  Legal (B Vaughan)
Responsible Conduct of Research Training and Tracking AVC  Research Policy and
Integrity
 Mark Rickenbach ORPI, OVCR IT NIH Training grant programs, RSP (identifying NSF, USDA and other grant recipients subject to RCR requirements)
IP and Entrepreneurship AVC Research Policy and
Integrity
Mark Rickenbach RSP, OVCR
Office of Research Services, D2P
Legal (L Koop)
Export Controls AVC Research Policy and
Integrity
Mark Rickenbach Research Security & Export Control Group Legal (MA McCollough)
Research Security AVC Research Policy and
Integrity
Mark Rickenbach Research Security & Export Control Group Legal (MA McCollough), DoIT Office of Cybersecurity
Approval of data transfer to another institution (Policy on Data Stewardship, Access and Retention) AVC Research Policy and
Integrity
Mark Rickenbach RSP Legal (L Koop, (B Daly and K Maier if human subjects data is included))
Radiation Safety – Research Contact; and
Reviewing Official for Physical Protection of Radioactive
Material
EH&S (Requires clearance) Radiation Safety Officer Radiation Safety group in EHS UW Health
Six Radiation Safety Committees
Legal (D Lovejoy)
Drones and autonomous vehicles AVC  Physical
Sciences
Amy Wendt RSVO lead, ARROW IT staff RSVO committee, Legal (D Lovejoy)
Classified research grant or contract exceptions (Including publication restrictions) Sr. AVC  Biological Sciences Cynthia Czajkowski RSP
Select Agent Program – Research Contact Sr. AVC  Biological Sciences Cynthia Czajkowski Responsible Official (Christine Pier); Biosafety group in EHS Biosecurity Task Force, Alternate ROs, Legal (L Koop)
Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) – Research Contact Sr. AVC  Biological Sciences Cynthia Czajkowski Biosafety group in EHS, Institutional Contact for Dual Use Research (C Pier), Biosecurity Task Force, Legal (L Koop)
Executive Safety Committee – Research Representative Sr. AVC  Biological Sciences Cynthia Czajkowski Administered by Chris Strang (EHS)
Chief UWPD AVC FP&M
Director UHS
Biosafety – Research Contact Sr. AVC  Biological Sciences Cynthia Czajkowski Biosafety Officer, Biosafety group in EHS,  IBC
Legal (L Koop)
Research grant or contract F&A exceptions Sr. AVC  Biological Sciences Cynthia Czajkowski RSP Legal (L Koop)
PI Committee Chair (review of PI status for academic staff members) Rotating among Divisional
AVCs
Lonnie Berger Research Services staff
Public Access Publication Filing Point Person AVC Arts and Humanities Florence Hsia Ebling Health Sciences Library (Christopher Hooper-Lane)
UW Libraries (Carrie Kruse)