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Office of Research Oversight (ORO)
ORO serves as the primaryVHA office in advising the Under Secretary for Health
and exercising oversight concerning all matters of research compliance and assurance, including human
subject protections, laboratory animal welfare, research safety, research laboratory security, research
information security, research misconduct, debarment for research impropriety, and other matters that the
Under Secretary for Health may assign. ORO is also responsible for developing and conducting research compliance officer education programs as directed by the Under Secretary for Health.
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WHAT'S NEW
Pardon our Website!
As you are probably already aware, VA is making many changes in its Websites to better serve our customers and clients by giving our pages a new look and feel. In addition, the ORO website is also transitioning to a new and better application package for designing the site. The downside to this though is that our customers/clients may experience some frustrations in locating information and articles for the next few weeks — and may at times not be able to log on. As the old ORO website (as you see it today) disappears, our new site will pop-up when you log on to www.va.gov/oro. Yes — it will be the same URL; you won’t need to do anything different!
What you will see will be a condensed version of what is on our website now until all information and documents can be moved over to our new site. To begin with we will move the most important items over first and then gradually review and move the remaining documents.
If you have questions or are unable to find certain documents during this transition, please contact Lynda Poore by email (Lynda.Poore@va.gov) or another member of the ORO staff.
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2010 Local Accountability for Research Meeting, April 7-8, Baltimore, Md
The VHA Office of Research & Development (ORD) is pleased to announce registration is open for the 2010 ORD & ORO Local Accountability for Research Meeting. ORD will pay for travel for all ACOS/R&D and Deputy ACOS/R&D, AO/R&D and Deputy AO/R&D, and RCOs and Deputy RCOs from each VA facility with a Federalwide Assurance (FWA). VISN RCOs are also welcome to attend.
Meeting Registration: Registration for the 2010 Local Accountability for Research Meeting is open. Click here to register: http://www.research.va.gov/programs/pride/local_accountability/ (Deadline for registration is March 1, 2010).
Hotel Reservations: We have a contract for lodging with the Marriott Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. April 7 and participants will be expected to stay until the meeting ends at 5 p.m. on April 8. Please make your hotel reservations ASAP by calling 1-800-535-1201. When reserving your room, reference the following: “ORD/ORO Local Accountability Meeting.” To reserve online go to: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bwish-renaissance-baltimore-harborplace-hotel/?toDate=4/9/10&groupCode=ordorda&fromDate=4/6/10&app=resvlink. The group code “ordorda” is already included on the reservation page. (Deadline for hotel reservations is March 1, 2010).
Travel EstimateSubmission: All costs associated with travel, including lodging for the nights of April 6 and 7,* will be reimbursed by ORD. Please submit your travel estimate online before Monday March 1, 2010. Click here to request reimbursement for travel: http://www.research.va.gov/programs/pride/local_accountability/travel_form.cfm
The deadline for Meeting Registration, Hotel Reservations, and Submitting Travel Estimates is
Monday March 1, 2010
Please contact Ashleigh Wyble at ashleigh.wyble@va.gov or 202-461-1859 if you have any questions
*We strongly encourage you to stay until the meeting is over at 5 p.m. on April 8. If you cannot reasonably travel home on the evening of April 8 after the meeting is over, ORD will pay for lodging for the night of April 8.
DON'T FORGET
Reporting Serious or Continuing Noncompliance to ORO
Serious or continuing noncompliance identified during a Research Compliance Officer’s audit (or otherwise) must be reported as described in VHA Handbook 1058.01(Requirements for Reporting Research Events to Facility Oversight Committees and the Office of Research Oversight) to be issued soon. The Handbook specifies the nature of serious and continuing research noncompliance that must be reported to ORO as well as time intervals for such reporting.
Remember —
VHA Policy Is More Restrictive than the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) guidance regarding recruitment of study subjects under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Click here to view the revised clarification. (09/05/2007)
Office of Research Oversight (10R)
Mailing Address: 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420
Physical Location: 1717 H Street NW, Fourth Floor, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 266-4577
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Please send your comments, suggestions, or questions regarding this website to Lynda.Poore@va.gov.
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