Announcement

Dear Colleagues,

On March 15, 2011 we will be changing over to a new IRB software system, replacing INSPIR. All of your current protocols will be migrated into the new system (called INSPIR-II).

To familiarize you with some of the new features of INSPIR-II, we have organized several training sessions which are strongly recommended for everyone who is involved in human research: faculty level investigators, research coordinators, research nurses, statisticians, etc.

The first two sessions will be on 2/28 and 3/1 and will be conducted by Mary Banks, IRB director, and Khaled Khattar, IRB application specialist. You can register for these sessions by clicking on the link below:

http://dccweb.bumc.bu.edu/inspir-ii

We will also be offering some smaller sessions, presented by Mary-Tara Roth and Sylvia Baedorf Kassis from the Clinical Research Resource Office. Click on the link below to see the dates and times of these sessions and to register:

https://dccweb.bumc.bu.edu/irb/

We will be offering other training opportunities after these sessions, but these will be the only sessions offered before the March 15 go-live date.

Seating is limited for all sessions, so sign up now to be sure you get the date you want.

Regards,

Thomas J. Moore, MD
Associate Provost

Primary teaching affiliate
of BU School of Medicine