National Research Community Forum

ONLY 29 DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER for 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 in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 13, 2012. 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=54164