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Reorganization of the OHSR Office
During the
last several months, the Office of Human Subjects Research (OHSR)
has been undergoing a comprehensive evaluation by the Organizational
Development and Diversity group at Homewood. One of our major
goals in undergoing this review has been to improve the efficiency
of human subject research review by the Johns Hopkins Medicine
IRBs (JHM IRBs) in order to serve better faculty, research staff,
and research participants.
Based on the recommendations of the external consultants,
we are reorganizing OHSR to separate the compliance functions
from the operations of the office. Effective July 1, 2003, Barbara
Starklauf’s title will change to Assistant Dean for Human
Subjects Research Compliance. In this new role, she will advise
the JHM IRBs chairs and members concerning federal and state regulations
pertaining to research. She will also build a program that will
facilitate researchers’ ability to comply with such regulations.
Barbara will facilitate communication with the FDA, OHRP and other
regulatory organizations. She will report to me and to the general
counsels of Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University. During
a national search to fill this position, it became obvious that
no one could match Barbara’s knowledge of the regulations
and their application at our institution.
Responsibility for the operations of OHSR
will be assumed on July 1, 2003 by the new Director of OHSR, Judith
Carrithers. Judith is an attorney who was in private practice
in Washington, D.C. and Honolulu. She has been a consultant to
an institutional review board in Maryland for several years and
also served as a community member on that board. She has managed
several not-for-profit organizations and holds a master's degree
in public administration. During the last year she has been a
regulatory advisor and consent form specialist with JHM IRB 5
where she has demonstrated impressive maturity and leadership
skills. In her new role, Judith will report to me and will assure
that all operational process and procedures are appropriately
managed and carried out effectively.
We are delighted that we were able to attract
persons of Barbara’s and Judith’s caliber to these important
positions. Please join me in wishing Barbara and Judith much success
in their new roles. All of us in OHSR look forward to working
with them as we continue our improvement of the human subject
research oversight process.
New JHU WIRB Liaison
LaSharon Holt has accepted the position
of the JHU WIRB Liaison. In this role, she will be responsible
for processing applications submitted to WIRB and acting as a
point person for communications with WIRB. LaSharon has worked
in the Office of Human Subjects Research for a number of years,
so she is very familiar with the duties of this new position.
She will be located in Turner 36. LaSharon is replacing Wanda
Bell-Farrell who has accepted a position in the School of Nursing.
We are grateful to Wanda for all of her hard work and wish her
well in her new position.
Feel free to contact LaSharon at
lholt@jhmi.edu with questions
about protocols reviewed by WIRB.
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