These guidelines are intended to assist investigators who may be at risk for or have received a directive from a federal funding agency to stop, pause, terminate or otherwise prematurely end a human research study. Please contact the IRB Office if you have any questions or need assistance.
The University of Connecticut (UConn) Health Center Institutional Review Boards (UConn Health IRBs) are organized and operate in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines in the United States including, but not limited to, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 21 CFR Parts 50 and 56, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regulations 45 CFR Part 46, International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and the Belmont Report. Where appropriate, UConn Health IRBs comply with additional regulations and guidelines as required in specific research jurisdictions.
UConn Health IRBs are registered with FDA and OHRP and UConn Health Federalwide Assurance (FWA) is approved by OHRP:
The UConn Health Human Subjects Protection Program has been fully accredited by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) since 2006.
The primary responsibility of UConn Health IRBs is to ensure that the rights and welfare of the human subjects who participate in research studies are protected.
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FWA#00006064, Expiration Date: March 10, 2030
Did you know that UConn Health is part of the ResearchMatch Network? ResearchMatch.org is a national online recruitment tool, funded by the National Institutes of Health and maintained at Vanderbilt University. ResearchMatch connects interested participants with health-related research studies that might be a good “match” for them through its secure, online matching tool. There is no cost to UConn Health researchers who use ResearchMatch to conduct recruitment feasibility analysis or participant recruitment.
For more information, including the process for using ResearchMatch as a recruitment tool, visit our ResearchMatch webpage or contact Ellen Ciesielski in Research Integrity & Compliance.
Environmental Health & Safety
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263 Farmington Avenue, MC 1514
Farmington, CT 06030-1514
860.679.2723
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steven R. Jacobs | Director | 860.679.2723 | jacobs@uchc.edu |
| Robert Gottlieb | Chemical Safety Officer | 860.679.3512 | gottlieb@uchc.edu |
| Elizabeth Pokorski | Business Services Manager | 860.679.2723 | epokorski@uchc.edu |
| Lucy Piechowski | Administrative Program Coordinator | 860.679.2250 | piechowski@uchc.edu |
What Is Academic Solicitation?
Academic Solicitation is the use of students, professors, scientists, or researchers as collectors improperly attempting to obtain sensitive information. Placing academics at, and requesting to collaborate with, U.S. research institutions under the guise of legitimate research in order to access developing technologies and cutting-edge research. These attempts can include requests for, or arrangement of, peer or scientific board reviews of academic papers or presentations; requests to study or consult with faculty members; and requests for and access to software and dual-use technology. Academic solicitation can also occur when a faculty member, student, employee, or visiting scholar seeks access to this same information. The number of foreign academics requesting to work with classified programs continues to rise, and the academic community will likely remain a top target for the foreseeable future. Although most academic contacts are likely legitimate, some foreign academics may ultimately take advantage of their placement and access to further their country’s research and development goals.
Who Is Being Targeting?
What To Report
Any contact (i.e., emails, telephone, personal contact) that is suspicious because of the manner or subject matter of the request. This may include requests from U.S. persons or from foreign nationals located in the United States or abroad, and may consist of:
Contact the UConn Research Security Office at researchsecurity@uconn.edu with any concerns or questions. If you suspect academic solicitation is taking place you can also file an anonymous report at compliance.uconn.edu.
Economic Espionage
Economic espionage is foreign power-sponsored or coordinated intelligence activity directed at the U.S. government or U.S. corporations, establishments, or persons, designed to unlawfully or clandestinely influence sensitive economic policy decisions or to unlawfully obtain sensitive financial, trade, or economic policy information; proprietary economic information; or critical technologies. This theft, through open and clandestine methods, can provide foreign entities with vital proprietary economic information at a fraction of the true cost of its research and development, causing significant economic losses.
Our Nation’s secrets are in jeopardy, the same secrets that make your company profitable. The FBI estimates billions of US dollars are lost to foreign competitors every year. These foreign competitors deliberately target economic intelligence in advanced technologies and flourishing US industries.
Foreign competitors operate under three categories to create an elaborate network of spies:
What Are Trade Secrets?
Trade secrets are all forms and types of financial, business, scientific, technical, economic or engineering information, including patterns, plans, compilations, program devices, formulas, designs, prototypes, methods, techniques, processes, procedures, programs, or codes, whether tangible or intangible, and whether or how stored, complied, or memorialized physically, electronically, graphically, photographically or in writing, (1) which the owner has taken reasonable measures to protect; and (2) which have an independent economic value from not being generally known to the public.
Commonly referred to as proprietary information, economic policy information, trade information, proprietary technology, or critical technology.
What Are Some Methods Of Targeting Or Acquiring Trade Secrets?
Know The Signs
Personal Behaviors
Common Factors
Targeted Industries Or Sectors
https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/newss-the-company-man-protecting-americas-secrets/view
As part of a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of the growing economic espionage threat, the FBI has released a short video, “The Company Man: Protecting America’s Secrets.” Based on an actual case, the video illustrates how one company was targeted by foreign actors and what the FBI did to help.
Contact the UConn Research Security Office at researchsecurity@uconn.edu with any concerns or questions. If you suspect economic espionage is taking place you can also file an anonymous report at compliance.uconn.edu.