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Contracts & Grants Quality Improvement Announcement
Under the direction of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost (EVCP), the Office of Research Quality Improvement Program (QIP) began, as of March 2008, a comprehensive review of the Contracts and Grants (C&G) division in the Office of Sponsored Research. The end result will be measurably improved research service for all investigators and staff engaged in the research enterprise at UCSF. [more ...]
Professor Jeffrey A. Bluestone Appointed Interim Vice Chancellor for Research
A. Eugene Washington, M.D., Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost has announced that Professor Jeffrey A. Bluestone has been provisionally appointed (pending Regental approval) UCSF's Interim Vice Chancellor for Research effective July 1, 2008. [more ...]
New Office of Sponsored Research Online Courses
The Office of Sponsored Research announces "Research Administration: Kick Start" a new online mini-certificate program for new and continuing Research Staff Administrators (RSAs). Researchers and Administrators are urged to encourage their RSAs to complete the course.[more ...]
Revised Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Guidelines
A revised set of Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Guidelines documents is now available on the Controller's Office website. [more ...]
California Assembly Passes UC-supported AB 2296, the Researcher Protection Act of 2008
The California State Assembly approved Assembly Bill 2296, the Researcher Protection Act of 2008, on a bipartisan unanimous vote of 68-0. . [more ...]
UCSF Occupational Health Service Hosts its Fall 2008 Flu Immunization Campaign
UCSF Occupational Health Service will host its Fall 2008 Flu Immunization campaign beginning October 13 through October 28. Please check the Occupational Health Program website for specific times and locations. [more ...]
NATIONAL NEWS
New Study Finds Mismatch Between Observing and Reporting Suspected Research Misconduct
A study of suspected research misconduct by the Gallup organization in collaboration with the Office of Research Integrity suggests there is a large discrepancy between the number of incidents of suspected research misconduct observed by researchers and the number of such incidents reported to ORI. [more...]
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Creates FY 2009 Budget and Biomedical Research Resource Page
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Office of Public Affairs has created a web page for updates on what is happening with the federal science budget and appropriations process as it pertains to biomedical and life science research. [more...]
PubMed Now Indexes Videos of Experiments and Protocols in Life Sciences
PubMed Central, the National Library of Medicine's online database, is now indexing videos from The Journal of Visualized Experiments. According to the publication's official blog, JoVE is the first video-journal to ever be accepted for publication in PubMed. [more...]
Perceptions of Ethical Problems with Scientific Journal Peer Review: An Exploratory Study
An article in the journal Science and Engineering Ethics reports the results of an anonymous survey of researchers at a government research institution concerning their perceptions about ethical problems with journal peer review. [more...]
Changes in Policies Governing Physicians and Pharmaceutical Companies in Study in JAMA
A study titled "New Developments in Managing Physician-Industry Relationships" on academic medical centers and marketing practices has been published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. [more...]
NIH Awards First EUREKA Grants for Exceptionally Innovative Research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $42.2 million to fund 38 exceptionally innovative research projects that could have an extraordinarily significant impact on many areas of science.[more...]
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