What is the difference between the Humans Subjects Committee and Clinical Research Administration?
The Human Subjects Committee is the ethical review board responsible for review of all research that is conducted at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The Human Subjects Committee is part of the Human Research Protection Program, under the direction of Karen Blackwell, MS. The Clinical Research Administration office is a central office within the university that assists the investigator/study coordinator with consent form writing, budget preparation, obtaining discounts/study billing number, submissions to the Human Research Protection Program such as Human Subjects Committee, Institutional Research Safety Committee, Conflict of Interest Committee, and Radiation Safety Committee, IND submissions, quality assurance services, education, training and protocol development.. The Research Institute is under the direction of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Dr. Paul Terranova.
