UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
COUNCIL
DR. GEORGE E.
KLINZING, CHAIR
MINUTES –
The meeting was called to order at
INSTITUTIONAL ANIMAL CARE & USE COMMITTEE (IACUC) – Joseph Newsome
Dr. Joe Newsome, Director of the Division of Laboratory
Animal Resources (DLAR), conducted a slide presentation giving an overview of
the current status/responsibilities of the DLAR as well as what he envisions as
DLAR’s role in the future. An outline of his action
plan and contact information are attached.
MINUTES
No changes were requested to the minutes of the
John Elliott from the Office of Budget & Controller
will be invited to the next URC meeting to make a presentation on expenses the
federal government agencies deem permissible to be charged to research grants.
The
You are encouraged to publicize and recruit faculty and
student participation in this event.
Drs. Stephen Phillips and Maggie McDonald will be invited to a future
URC meeting to discuss the Festival as details become finalized.
Lane inquired as to whether a mechanism was established
which would evaluate the effectiveness of the Festival and whether the goals
and objectives were achieved. Klinzing
stated that he would present that suggestion at the next meeting of the
Festival organizers.
Theresa Colecchia of the Office of General Counsel has
joined the committee revising the Commercialization of Inventions Through
Independent Companies policy. She is in
the process of drafting language which will bring the policy in line with NIH
guidelines as well as address issues involving conflicts of interest and
protection of human subjects.
The Patent Policy committee is developing a draft which
would provide the Office of Technology Management with sufficient funds from
patent proceeds to support the Office as well as cover legal costs for
investigating and developing patents.
Language must also be included clarifying the issue of when companies
give stock to the inventor.
Bob Lowman will be conducting an all-day workshop for
multidisciplinary faculty on
The briefing with representatives from federal agencies
for University faculty from the social sciences and humanities areas will be
held at the Hilton Arlington & Towers on March 18 and 19. As with the Science & Engineering
Briefing held earlier this year, a bus will transport interested faculty to the
Hilton where a reception will be held with the speakers upon arrival on the
evening of the 18th. On the
19th a full day is planned with representatives from NSF, NIH, the
Department of Education, and possibly World Bank addressing the faculty. Continental breakfast, lunch, and a boxed
dinner for the bus ride home are included.
Anyone interested in attending should contact Klinzing.
A workshop is being planned for February with a panel of
five to six particularly successful University researchers. The workshop is anticipated to take the form
of a question and answer session at which the panel is expected to address what
constitutes and how to implement a successful research program.
Crouch was not present at the meeting. At Klinzing’s
request, he was visiting Massachusetts Institute of Technology to observe a
demonstration of their sponsored research database system. Using MIT as a model, the University hopes to
establish a shared database system with the Office of Research, Office of
Technology Management, Research Accounting, and Institutional Review
Board. The database would contain such
information as human and animal subject approvals, conflict of interest
disclosure, and award amounts and go a long way towards simplifying the
reporting process and ensuring that all necessary approvals are obtained before
a project begins.
Klinzing asked Council to provide feedback on the
web-based education module for Research Integrity located at www.health.pitt.edu/rpf. This is just one of several
modules that are being developed as part of the Education and Certification
Program in Research Practice Fundamentals.
The meeting adjourned at
cc: Elizabeth
Baranger
N. John Cooper
Gerald Holder