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