Accreditation Site Visit Agenda Released

September 19, 2007

The UW-Madison has finalized its agenda for its upcoming site visit by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc. (AAHRPP), scheduled for the week of September 24 - 27, 2007.

Site visitors coming to UW-Madison are:

David Segal, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Research on Military Organization
University of Maryland

Jennifer Ruocco, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Research Compliance and Regulatory Affairs
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

John A. Bertolatus, MD
Associate Professor
Internal Medicine
The University of Iowa College of Medicine

Susan Z. Kornetsky, M.P.H., C.I.P.
Director, Clinical Research Compliance
Department of Clinical Investigation
Boston Children's Hospital

The team will be led by Michael Pagliaro, Accreditation Director, AAHRPP, Inc.

The following group presentations are open to all. They will all be held in Room 260 Bascom Hall.

• Monday, 9/24, from 8:00 to 8:30 AM - AAHRPP Inc. will explain the site visit process.
• Monday, 9/24, from 8:30 to 9:30 AM, - one hour overview of our Human Research Protection Program, including brief presentations by Bill Mellon, Petra Schroeder, Jim Wells, Lois Kallunki, and IRB Directors, Donna Jahnke and Nichelle Cobb.
• Thursday, 9/27, from 9:50 to 11:50 - Detailed presentation by AAHRPP Inc. of their site visit findings and recommendations covering each of AAHRPP's accreditation standards. A written report of these findings and recommendations will be sent to us on October 26.
• Thursday, 9/27, from 12:00 to 12:30 PM - Executive summary of the detailed presentation given by AAHRPP in 9:50 AM session.

The site visit is the UW-Madison's next step in seeking accreditation of its Human Research Protection Program (HRPP), which includes the UW-Madison Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). A team of professionals assembled by AAHRPP will spend four days on campus reviewing UW-Madison's program operations and records and interviewing IRB members and staff, investigators, research staff and students as well as University administrators and personnel from the Office of Research Policy.

More information about AAHRPP and the UW-Madison's accreditation activities is available on the Accreditation link on the HRPP web page.

Questions or comments about the accreditation process can be sent to HRPP@bascom.wisc.edu.

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