April 2003

Human Subjects

Last Chance for HIPAA Research Compliance Training Complete information about HIPAA and research compliance is available on the Research and Sponsored Programs Web site: http://www.iupui.edu/~resgrad. This site features HIPAA Training, Recruitment, FAQs Presentations; Transition Provisions; Transition Memo; Authorized Medical Record Request Form; Glossary; Sample Authorization Form; Authorization Form; IRB Amendment Form; and Letter to Sponsor. All new HIPAA information will be published in the Research and Sponsored Programs e-newsletter R&SP Communicator. To subscribe, send an email to RSPCOMMU@iupui.edu Protocol Deviations: New Form and Policy A. Examples of deviations that would be immediately reportable include: Involve or potentially involve subject safety; Involve the reliability or validity of subject or study data, or Are significant enough that the Investigator feels the IRB should be notified immediately. B. All other deviations should be reported (summarized) at the time of continuing review, either: On the Continuing Review (CR) form under section V.D., or In a memo or spreadsheet, etc. attached to the CR form. C. If multiple deviations occur to the same subject and are inter-related, they may be reported on one deviation form. Likewise, if the same deviation occurs to multiple subjects on the same study, they may be reported on one deviation form. The Institutional Review Board (IRB) Instruction Packet can be accessed on the Research and Sponsored Programs Web site: http://www.iupui.edu/~resgrad.

ERA

PHS 2590 Now Available in ERA Once your budget is created, simply follow these steps: Select the Output header tab Select the Agency radio button Select the PHS 2590 form from the drop down menu on the left Select the period of the budget you wish to print from the drop down menu on the right Please note that the period drop down feature only applies to the PHS 2590 forms (not PHS 398) and will fill based on the dates established on the Budget Parameters screen of your budget. If you have trouble accessing ERA or this new feature, please contact era_admin@indiana.edu. Visit the ERAcommunication Web site at http://www.indiana.edu/~era/ for more ERA information.

Distinguished Faculty Research Lecture

Annual Research Lecture Looks at “Mythical” Second Amendment “A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.” That single sentence has generated volumes of debate for decades. Does the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protect an individual’s right to own private arms, or does it give protection to state governments to maintain state militias? In the 2003 Distinguished Faculty Research Lecture, David C. Williams will argue something completely different—that the Second Amendment has mythical meanings. For the Framers of the Constitution, Williams says, the amendment was based on a myth about a united American people rising up against an alien and corrupt government. More recently, the Framers’ myth has been replaced by myths about American disunity and the need for “good” Americans to control “bad” Americans through the force of arms. These myths cannot adequately tame political violence in America, says Williams, the John S. Hastings Professor of Law at the IU School of Law—Bloomington and author of the new book The Mythic Meanings of the Second Amendment. The Framers’ myth rests on a unity we do not possess, he argues, and modern myths encourage violence by emphasizing our disunity. Instead, the amendment should serve not as a rule of law, Williams suggests, but as a cultural ideal that can promote greater unity among us on the use of political violence. Williams delivers the 2003 Distinguished Faculty Research Lecture at 3:30 p.m., April 23, in the Moot Court Room of the IUB School of Law. The annual lecture, sponsored by the Office of the Bloomington Chancellor and the Office of Research and the University Graduate School, was created to honor the research accomplishments of IUB faculty. It has been presented since 1980; past lecturers include Ciprian Foias, Bruce Cole, and Ellen Ketterson. After April 23, a video of Williams’s lecture may be downloaded from the Office of Research at http://www.indiana.edu/~rugs/orindex.html. For more on Williams’s new book, see http://www.yale.edu/yup/books/095627.htm.

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