Updated Human Subject Research Guidelines in Effect January 21, 2019

December 14, 2018

The federal regulations all Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) are guided by will change on January 21, 2019. The updates to the Common Rule will require adjustments to the materials submitted when investigators request an IRB review as well as to UP’s IRB review schedule in December 2018 and January 2019.

Requests for new reviews received by noon on Friday, December 21, 2018 will be reviewed under the current regulations and will be governed by the Common Rule for the duration of the project. Requests for new reviews received after noon on Friday, December 21, 2018 must comply with the new regulations (also known as the “Final Rule”) and will not be adjudicated by University of Portland’s IRB until January 22, 2019 at the earliest.

Continuing reviews for any project approved prior to January 21, 2019 will continue to be governed by the Common Rule for the duration of the project. The Final Rule will govern projects approved for the first time on January 21, 2019 or later.

To familiarize yourself with the new regulations, take the “Revised Common Rule” course offered through the University’s subscription to CITIprogram.org. After registering for an account with CITI Program or adding University of Portland as another affiliate institution to your existing account, you will then be able to use the “Add a Course” button within your “University of Portland Courses” listing. In the selection process, select the “Revised Common Rule” course in the Human Subjects Research section. This course will be available until January 19, 2019; after that time the other Human Subjects Research courses available through CITIprogram.org will be updated to incorporate information about the Final Rule into all courses.

Contact Michele Leasor at x6264 or leasor@up.edu with questions or issues relating to CITIprogram.org. Contact IRB@up.edu for all IRB related matters.

James Peña, residence life, was honored with the 2020 New Professional Award from the Northwest Association of College and University Housing Officers. The award celebrates James’ contributions to Residence Life, the campus community, and the student affairs/residence life profession outside of UP.

Jakob Kotas, mathematics, had his article, “Atmospheric CO2,” Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations” published by SIMIODE, an education community where modeling comes first in teaching differential equations, in January 2020.

Martin Cenek, Shiley School of Engineering, had his article, “‘One Size Does Not Fit All’: A Roadmap of Purpose-Driven Mixed-Method Pathways for Sensitivity Analysis of Agent-Based Models” (with coauthors Arika Ligmann-Zielinska, Peer-Olaf Siebers, Nick Maglioccia, Dawn Parker, Volker Grimm, Eric Jing Du, Nazia Arbab, Uta Berger, Rajiv Paudel, Derek Robinson, Piotr Jankowski, Li An, Xinyue Ye, and student coauthor Viktoriia Radchuk) published in Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 23 (1) 6. January 2020.

Bob Butler, environmental studies emeritus, Jenda Johnson, Earth Sciences Animated, and Wendy Bohon, IRIS education specialist, published “Haiti 2010 – 10 Years Later,” an animation feature which explores plate tectonics, earthquake damage, and rebuilding efforts after the devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010. Animation can be found on the IRIS website at this link or on YouTube at this link.

Christina Ivler, Shiley School of Engineering, had her presentation, “Development and Simulation of Damage Tolerant Control Laws for a Compound Helicopter,” (with Joe Horn, Eric Johnson) published in Proceedings of the AIAA SciTech Conference, Orlando, FL, January 2020. She presented “Development and Flight Validation of Unmanned Aerial System Handling Qualities Requirements for Multicopters” (with Declan Kerwin, Kevin Truong, Joel Otomize) at the same conference.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “Solitude, Identity, and Vocation” at the University of Portland’s spring semester retreat for resident assistants on January 9, 2020. He presented “Christian Identity as an Invitation to Become the Medium of God’s Life in the World: In Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,” a reflection given at the 2020 MLK Celebration Mass at Saint Andrew Parish, Northeast Portland, OR, on January 12, 2020.

Matthew Kuhn, Shiley School of Engineering, had his article, “Linear-frictional contact model for 3D discrete element simulations of granular systems” (with coauthors Ali Daouadji, Kiichi Suzuki) published in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2020, volume 121, No. 3, pp. 560-569. DOI 10.1002/nme.6216 (February 2020).

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, had his piece, “My View: Franklin’s life a nice piece of Pi,” published in the January 17, 2020 edition of the Portland Tribune. See the article using this link.

Nicole Hanig, performing and fine arts, performed a recital (“Social Justice in Art Song”) with pianist Susan McDaniel as part of the Twilight Concerts at the Cathedral series in Limerick, Ireland on January 17, 2020. She also offered a Master Class in voice practice on January 18.

Jane Scott and Susan Stillwell, nursing, had their article, “Sensitive Versus Specific Search Strategy to Answer Clinical Questions,” published in Journal of Nursing Education, 59(1), 22-25.