ORIENTATION MANUAL FOR NEW FACULTY MEMBERS

COMPILED BY THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND SPONSORED PROGRAMS, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES

WELCOME TO UAMS

This on-line manual is designed to introduce new faculty members to a myriad of research, grant and other medical services. The links should help guide new members – particularly members interested or involved in medical research – to information on grants, the ARIA system and HIPAA, plus selected UAMS departments as well as state and national health care organizations.

For questions regarding this manual, contact the UAMS Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at (501) 526-6248 or e-mail Timothy N. Atkinson, Ed.D., ORSP Director, at tnatkinson@uams.edu.

Grants and Fellowships

• All About Grants and Fellowships
• Forms – NIH and Other Grants
• Medical Research Endowment (MRE) Grant Instructions
• National Institutes of Health Guide for Grants and Contracts

Intramural

• About UAMS
• Area Health Education Centers
• ARIA
• ARIA Training and Tutorials
• Arkansas Children’s Hospital
• Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute
• General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)
• HIPAA for Research Training
• HIPAA Privacy Rule – Information for Researchers
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
• Institutional Review Board
• IRB Minutes (ARIA)
• IRB Standard Operating Procedures
• Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP)
• Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Grants Procedure Manual
• Office of Research Compliance
• Research Protocol Submission Procedures
• UAMS Invention Disclosure Form
• University of Arkansas Board of Trustee Policy

Extramural/ Arkansas – Governmental and Non-Governmental

• Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
• Arkansas Medical Society
• Arkansas Nurses Association
• Arkansas Pharmacists Association
• Arkansas State Dental Association
• Arkansas State Hospital
• Arkansas State Medical Board
• CARTI
• Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
• National Kidney Foundation of Arkansas
  

Extramural/ Pulaski County – Governmental and Non-Governmental

• Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services (MEMS)
• Pulaski County Medical Society

Extramural/Federal

· Belmont Report, The – Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research

· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

· Code of Federal Regulations 45 CFR 46: Protection of Human Subjects

• Code of Federal Regulations 45 CFR 74: Uniform Administrative Requirements for Awards and Subawards to Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, Other Nonprofit Organizations, and Commercial Organizations; and Certain Grants and Agreements with States, Local Governments and Indian Tribal Governments
  
  
• Code of Federal Regulations 45 CFR 92: Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments
  
  
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

· Federal Agencies

· Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

· National Cancer Institute

· National Center for Research Resources

· National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)

· National Human Genome Research Institute

· National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

· National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

· National Institute of Mental Health

· National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

· National Institute on Aging

· National Institutes of Health (NIH)

· National Library of Medicine Research Programs

· National Science Foundation (NSF)

· Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)

· OHRP Compliance Activities: Common Findings and Guidance

· Office of Human Subjects Research

· Office of Human Subjects Research – Regulations and Ethical Guidelines

· Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

· Terms of the Federalwide Assurance of Protection for Human Subjects

Extramural/Non-Federal

• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• American Medical Association
• American Psychological Association
• Arthritis Foundation
• March of Dimes
• National Osteoporosis Foundation

Other

• Abbreviations and Acronyms -- ORSP

Last update of this manual: 12/26/2007