Author Archives: Catherine Barnes

Research Colleagues: As valued partners of UNC Health and its affiliates, clinical research monitors are expected to remain in compliance with certain UNC Health safety requirements while visiting or working at any UNC Health facility. A recent revision to UNC Health’s immunization requirements now includes COVID-19 vaccinations. Effective fourteen (14)...

Dear SOM Clinical Research Community, The application deadline for the Clinical Trialist Training Program has been extended to April 7th, 2022. What does the opportunity offer? 10% protected time for clinical trial activities for 1 year (including 5% departmental match) Participation in a Clinical Trials Bootcamp Deep-dive educational sessions throughout...

The requirement to obtain legally effective informed consent from participants in clinical research is one of the central protections provided under the regulations. When it has been determined that a prospective participant does not have the capacity to provide legally effective informed consent, informed consent must be obtained from a...

Dear SOM Clinical Research Community, In February 2021, we collected survey responses to assess job satisfaction among clinical research staff. Those responses have helped inform various CRSO initiatives, including offering ACRP memberships for SOM staff, developing a Personnel Profile and Training System (PaTS), and other ongoing efforts. We are asking...

The CRSO, NC TraCS, and LCCC are pleased to announce a training opportunity for SOM faculty interested in becoming a site investigator for multicenter clinical trials.  The Clinical Trialist Training Program provides 10% salary support for SOM faculty to participate in both didactic and experiential training and fosters the development of...

Eager to pursue a professional development opportunity but don’t have the funding? Let the UNC Network of Research Professionals help! The UNC NRP Professional Development award provides supplemental funding (in the form of reimbursement) to help cover development opportunities for UNC-CH or UNC Health employees whose work is focused on...

Lack of study team member qualifications and training documentation are the most common findings discovered in SOM clinical studies that are audited/reviewed by UNC’s Clinical Trials Quality Assurance (CTQA) program. In fact, incomplete and/or inaccurate qualifications and documentation of training were identified in 80% of the reviews conducted over the...

Colleagues, The UNC Network for Research Professionals is proud to announce our 2022 NRP Professional Development Award. This award provides supplemental funding to help cover professional development opportunities for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill employees whose work is focused on Human Subjects Research. The award covers work-related education and...

A point of clarification to the email regarding centralization of post award invoicing sent on December 16th. The SOM Finance Business Office Finance & Research Support Team (FiRST) will create and submit invoices, receive and reconcile payments, provide reports to study teams, and manage financial closeout for the SOM only....

Colleagues – By now many of you have heard of the project to implement OnCore, an enterprise-class clinical research management system. Once implemented, OnCore will help the University better manage clinical research by increasing efficiency and compliance, as well as providing for better reporting and analytics of Carolina’s clinical research...