National Research Community Forum in New Orleans in Mid-January

MAKE THIS YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION!!! REGISTER & ATTEND the OHRP National Research Community Forum (RCF) in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 13, 2012 entitled, "Protecting Human Research Subjects: Best Practices in the Big Easy," sponsored by Ochsner Medical Center at the Westin Canal Place. The multifaceted agenda provides a Keynote Address, three Plenary Sessions, and ten Breakout Sessions: 1) Basic HSP I: Overview of 45 CFR 46; 2) Legal Case Law and Human Subject Protection; 3) When Is It Research? 4) FDA Mechanisms for Use and Approval of Investigational Products; 5) Cognitively Impaired Subjects; 6) Basic HSP II: Flexibility in the Regulations; 7) Biorepositories: How They Work and Issues in Maintaining Them for Researchers Who Want Local Repositories; 8) Conflict of Interest Issues in Research; 9) Science and Ethics of Nursing: Qualitative Research; and 10) Preparing for a Natural Disaster: IRB Operations and Investigator Preparations. For additional information see flyer, web based brochure, program schedule, and online registration at: http://academics.ochsner.org/cmedyn.aspx?id