ÇàÇà²Ýapp State University is committed to preserving the public trust and upholding the integrity of the design, conduct and reporting of its research. The ÇàÇà²Ýapp State University Research Compliance and Integrity staff is committed to training opportunities, policy development and outreach. The objective of the Research Integrity and Compliance Program is to maintain the highest level of research integrity and serve the compliance needs of our research and healthcare community.
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- Jump to Research Misconduct
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For more information regarding Research Compliance at ÇàÇà²Ýapp State University, please contact reviewboard@montclair.edu.
The University Research Integrity Officer and Acting Vice Provost for Research is Dr. Stefanie Brachfeld. The institutional official is Dr. Junius Gonzales.
Data Transfer and Use Agreements
A Data Transfer and Usage Agreement (DTUA) is a legally binding document that arranges the terms for the transfer between organizations of nonpublic data to be used for research.
Financial Conflicts of Interest
ÇàÇà²Ýapp State University is committed to preserving the public trust, and upholding the integrity of its faculty, staff, ÇàÇà²Ýapp and affiliates in the design, conduct and reporting of research. This policy promotes objectivity in research by establishing standards that provide a reasonable expectation that the design, conduct and reporting of research performed under federal grants or cooperative agreements will be free from bias resulting from investigator Financial Conflict of Interest.
Global Compliance and Export Controls
The Vice Provost for Research and the Office of Research Compliance is responsible for implementing and managing export controls and research activities. Export Controls involves US laws that regulate the distribution to or sharing of information with foreign individuals, entities, and/or countries of strategically important technology, services and materials for reasons of national security.
HIPAA and Healthcare Compliance – Healthcare Integrity Program
The healthcare integrity program is focused on nurturing an environment in which compliance with rules, regulations and sound business practices are followed, and ensuring that credentialing, compliance and quality improvement processes are in place.
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) – Animal Care and Research Program
The primary function of the IACUC is to assist our faculty, ÇàÇà²Ýapp and staff in upholding the University’s determination to assure the finest care and most humane utilization of our laboratory animals and wildlife research animals.
Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
The ÇàÇà²Ýapp State University Institutional Biosafety Committee was established as a resource for information, guidelines, policies and procedures that will enable and encourage those working in the laboratory environment to work safely and reduce or eliminate the potential for exposure to biological hazards.
Institutional Review Board (IRB) – Human Subjects Protection Program
The IRB is charged to review, approve initiation of, and conduct periodic reviews of research projects that involve human participants.
Research Compliance Education
Education and workshops are designed so the participants will be able to:
- Discuss the federal, state and ÇàÇà²Ýapp State University regulations regarding animal or human subjects research
- Identify research misconduct and the proper steps to manage misconduct
- Discuss and identify conflict of interest in research projects
- Discuss key issues in responsible authorship and collaborative research
Research Misconduct
ÇàÇà²Ýapp State University recognizes the key role research plays in fostering intellectual vitality. To maintain high standards of professional conduct, promote research integrity and to comply with federal regulations governing the receipt of federal funding for research, ÇàÇà²Ýapp State University has established guidelines and procedures that will govern the institutional response to allegations of misconduct in research raised against scholars.