Research Integrity Certificate

The Research Integrity certificate provides a context for thinking about research ethics as a framework for responsible research administration that includes creating a culture that values ethics in research. It features a workshop and various sessions focusing on misconduct issues, ethical challenges and solutions in social and behavioral research, conflicts of interest, use of animal subjects and stem cell research.

Requirements: 1 half-day workshop, 6 sessions

The curriculum for this certificate includes one (1) half-day workshop; three (3) required sessions: one (1) in Research Integrity - General, one (1) in Data Management; and one (1) in Social Responsibility; and three (3) elective sessions.

This certificate will be offered at:

2011 SRA Annual Meeting, October 22-26, in Montreal, Canada

This tracking sheet allows members to easily keep track of their progress from meeting to meeting.  Once you have completed your Certificate, please turn in your documentation to Certificates@srainternational.org.  Once SRA verifies your attendance, we will process your certificate.

Research Integrity Certificate Tracking Sheet

Required Workshop (half-day or full-day; must take one)

• Emerging Areas of Research Administration in PUIs - Integrating the Responsible  Conduct of Research
• Introduction to Research Integrity
• The Challenge of Diversity: Responsible Conduct of Research in Multicultural and International Perspectives
• *The full day workshop “Responsible Conduct in Research: Building a Culture of Integrity” held at the 2008 Annual Meeting also meets the workshop requirement for this program.

Required Sessions (three; must take one in each of the categories)

Required subcategories (must take one session in each of the categories below)

1. Research Integrity, General

• RCR for Research Administrators
• Fostering Integrity in the Research Environment: The Value of Effective Compliance Programs
• Research Integrity: The Institutional Perspective International Comparisons and Contrasts 

2. Data Management

• Privacy, Confidentiality and Data Security
• The Pack Rat Syndrome – Databases, Biobanks, and Drawers of Documents and Records 

3. Social Responsibility

• Conducting Research Integrity in a New Ballpark: The Mentoring Service of the REC
• Mentoring Revisited
• Mentor/Mentee Responsibilities: Beyond Supervision and Advisement, toward Positive Transformation 
• The Researcher's Role in Social Responsibility

Elective Sessions (must take three)
Elective sessions very from meeting to meeting

Courses given over the past three years (Spring 2008 - Spring 2011)

2008 WE - Denver, CO

Electives
Promoting Integrity in the Research Enterprise
Promoting integrity in Your Animal Care and Use Program

2008 MW/SO - Hilton Head Island, SC

Required Sessions
Fostering Integrity in the Research Environment: The Value of Effective Compliance Programs 
Electives
Ethical Issues for Research Administration
Exempt, Expedited, or just Exhausted? IRB Administration for the Rest of Us
Fostering a Climate of Ethical Research for Administrators
On Becoming an IRO
Research Misconduct and Conflict of Interest is it just all Smoke and Mirrors?
Roles and Responsibilities in Animal Research
Update from the office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, NIH

2008 Annual Meeting - National Harbor, MD

Workshop
Emerging Areas of Research Administration in PUIs - Integrating the Responsible Conduct of Research
Introduction to Research Integrity
The Challenge of Diversity: Responsible Conduct of Research in Multicultural and International Perspectives
Responsible Conduct in Research: Building a Culture of Integrity
Required Sessions
Fostering Integrity in the Research Environment: The Value of Effective Compliance Programs 
Research Integrity: The Institutional Perspective International Comparisons and Contrasts 
The Pack Rat Syndrome - Databases, Biobanks, and Drawers of Documents and Records 
Mentoring Revisited
Electives
DoD Road Map: Unique Requirement in Human Research Protections
Establishing Authorship Agreements in Research Collaborations: Charting a Pathway to Success
Ethical Issues for Research Administration
FDA Regulatory Processes: Drug Approvals in Animal Research 
Human Subjects in Social and Behavioral Sciences: Ethicla Challenges and Informed Solutions
Integrity in International Research Collaborations: Managing Differences in Expectations and Oversight
Peer Review, Publications and Responsible Authorship: Research Administration Leadership in Academics  and Scholarship
Publication of Research versus protection of Sensitive Data and Agreements 
Institutional Responsibilities for Monitoring Human Subjects Research
RCR/IRB Q&A 
Research Misconduct: Practical Pointers in an Evolving Landscape 
Roles and Responsibilities in Animal Research
Shades of Gray - Determining What is and Is Not Human Subject Research

2009 NE - Baltimore, MD

Workshop
Introduction to Research Integrity
Required Sessions
Fostering Integrity in the Research Environment: The Value of Effective Compliance Programs 
Privacy, Confidentiality and Data Security
Mentor/Mentee Responsibilities: Beyond Supervision and Advisement, toward Positive Transformation
Electives
Establishing Authorship Agreements in Research Collaborations: Charting a Pathway to Success
Human Subjects in Social and Behavioral Sciences: Ethicla Challenges and Informed Solutions
Institutional Responsibilities for Monitoring Human Subjects Research
Shades of Gray - Determining What is and Is Not Human Subject Research

2009 Annual Meeting - Seattle, WA

Workshop
Introduction to Research Integrity
Required Sessions
Research Integrity: The Institutional Perspective International Comparisons and Contrasts 
Privacy, Confidentiality and Data Security
Conducting Research Integrity in a New Ballpark: The Mentoring Service of the REC
Electives
Case Studies in Research Misconduct
DoD Road Map: Unique Requirement in Human Research Protections
Ethical Issues for Research Administration
Integrity in International Research Collaborations: Managing Differences in Expectations and Oversight
Shades of Gray - Determining What is and Is Not Human Subject Research

2010 NE/MW - Philadelphia, PA

Workshop
Introduction to Research Integrity
Required Sessions 
RCR for Research Administrators
Research Integrity: The Institutional Perspective International Comparisons and Contrasts 
The Pack Rat Syndrome - Databases, Biobanks, and Drawers of Documents and Records 
Mentor/Mentee Responsibilities: Beyond Supervision and Advisement, toward Positive Transformation 
Electives
Conflicts of Interest and the Conduct of Research
Developing Effective RCR Trainings
Establishing Authorship Agreements in Research Collaborations: Charting a Pathway to Success
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the IRB
RCR for PUIs
Shades of Gray - Determining What is and Is Not Human Subject Research
Training PhDs: Faculty Views and their Roles and the Institution's Role in Promoting RCR

2010 Annual Meeting - Chicago, IL

Workshop
Introduction to Research Integrity
Required Sessions
RCR for Research Administrators
Research Integrity: The Institutional Perspective International Comparisons and Contrasts 
The Pack Rat Syndrome - Databases, Biobanks, and Drawers of Documents and Records 
The Researcher's Role in Social Responsibility
Electives
Establishing Authorship Agreements in Research Collaborations: Charting a Pathway to Success
Institutional Responsibilities for Monitoring Human Subjects Research
Research Misconduct - Dark Times in the Ivory Tower
Ethical Issues in International Human Research Protections
Research Misconduct Investigations Without Borders
NSF and NIH Requirements for RCR Training
The Gist on GINA

2011 SO/NE - New Orleans, LA

Required Sessions
RCR for Research Administrators