From: Alan Teller Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 11:52 AM To: cuhs-irb@CUMC.COLUMBIA.EDU Subject: Save the Date! 7th Annual Columbia University IRB Educational Conference: May 7-8, 2012 Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to announce that the 7th Annual Columbia University IRB Educational Conference has been scheduled Monday, May 7th and Tuesday, May 8, 2012. The conference will be held in the Roone Arledge Auditorium on the Columbia University Main Campus in New York. Our annual conference is designed to provide advanced educational training on the challenges faced by IRBs and investigators. The conference will again focus on how the protection of human subjects will need to evolve over the next decade, due to multiple factors such as expanding public health concerns, increasing demands and diminishing resources, the explosion of social media, and potentially a changing regulatory environment, only to name a few. We are again pleased to host nationally recognized researchers, ethicists, and IRB professionals on the conference faculty to provide increased awareness of, and practical solutions to, challenges in these areas. At this time, we hope that you will save these dates and plan to attend. The complete conference agenda and online registration form will soon be available on the IRB website: http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/irb/. Speakers will include: ? Tom Beauchamp, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy and Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University ? Marjorie Speers, Ph.D., President and CEO, AAHRPP ? Pearl O’Rourke, M.D., Director of Human Research Affairs at Partners HealthCare Systems, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School ? Greg Koski, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Clinical Research, Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Senior Scientist, James Mongan Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners HealthCare System ? Ian Lipkin, Director, Center for Infection & Immunity, John Snow Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Professor of Neurology and Pathology, Columbia University ? Alan Wertheimer, Ph.D., Senior Research Scholar, Department of Bioethics, National Institute of Health ? David Abramson, Ph.D., M.P.H., Deputy Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness; Assistant Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health ? Mary Mattis, Ph.D., Chair, Institutional Review Board, Research & Policy Support Group, New York City Department of Education CME credits will be offered. We hope that you will be able to attend this year’s conference, increase awareness of regulatory and ethical considerations related to human subjects protection, and network with colleagues. Sincerely, George Gasparis Executive Director, Columbia HRPP/IRB Brenda Ruotolo Associate Director, Columbia IRB Challace Pahlevan & Alan Teller Co-Chairs, Conference Planning Committee