Workshops

This workshop examines key issues to budget development, review and monitoring and explores a research administrator's role in service to the sponsor, institution and investigator. Special attention will be paid to assessing project costs, including personnel, consultants, equipment, supplies, travel, subcontracts, total direct costs, income, facilities and administrative (F&A) costs vs. salary and wage base and cost sharing. In addition, sponsor guidelines, institutional polices and the financial precepts of 2 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 200 (Uniform Guidance) will be covered. "Why do we have to do this?" and "Where are the guidelines that say that?" are key questions that will be answered.

Content level: Basic

Learning objectives:

1. Identify core costs related compliance expectations associated with federal funding.
2. Support proposal and award management activities consistent with federal regulations.

Prerequisites: None

Speaker(s): Erin Bailey, Chief Financial Officer, CTSA, University of Buffalo; Timothy Schailey, MS, Director, Research Administration, Thomas Jefferson University

Clinical trials are a rapidly changing field in research administration. Many of the skills needed to administer more traditional investigator-initiated, grant-funded research projects can be adapted to managing clinical trials. This teaching workshop will examine the basics of clinical trial administration from recruiting projects to archiving records, explore the differences between industry and federally funded studies, highlight special concerns and discuss best practices for managing clinical trials. A CD of useful documents, links and tools will be provided.

Content level: Basic

Learning objectives:

1. Identify three milestones in the development of clinical research regulations and describe the importance of each.
2. Identify three important regulatory differences between clinical research conducted in the US and in non-US/International regions.

Prerequisites: None

Speaker(s): Bruce Steinert, PhD, CCRA, Independent Consultant

This workshop will use interactive exercises and a case study and will include high-level content for leadership development, research administration staffing and management, research and faculty development, innovation and economic development, and integrity and stewardship.

Content level: Intermediate

Learning objectives:

1. Identify the core tenets of supervision and organization of research activities from an organization management perspective.
2. Understand the importance of training and professional development is providing excellent research administration services.

Prerequisites: None

Speaker(s): Susan Sedwick, PhD, CRA, Senior Consulting Associate, Attain LLC; Marianne Woods, PhD, JD, Faculty and Program Director, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Advanced Academic Programs, Johns Hopkins University

Research Administration is a fairly recent acknowledged profession. At the core of every research, enterprise is an organizational infrastructure that supports researchers in their endeavors to change the world by exploring new and novel ways to address today’s societal challenges. This workshop highlights the various ways to set up an efficient organization.

Content level: Advanced

Learning objectives:

• Analyze the various administrative functions in a successful strategic continuum.
• Recognize the impact of developing a strategic continuum approach to organizational structure.

Prerequisites: None

Speaker(s): Denise Clark, Associate Vice President for Research, University of Maryland; Ann Holmes, Assistant Dean, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland

Research Administrators (RAs) have a crucial role in the responsible conduct of research. RAs need to be able to recognize potential problems, consider the appropriate actions to take, then resolve the conflict according to institutional and sponsor policies. Using real-life examples, we will explore each area of potential conflict and discuss how to effectively address problems.

Content level: Basic

Learning objectives:

1. Identify potential ethical issues.
2. Evaluate possible resolutions for lapses in the responsible conduct of research.

Prerequisites: None

Speaker(s): Jane Dumsha, PhD, Chief Research Operations Officer, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine