Office of Regulatory Affairs  Announcements/Updates ORA Office is MOVING 12/16/04-12/21/04 .......(12/14/04) IMPORTANT ORA ANNOUNCEMENT:  Beginning at 12:00 Noon on Thursday, December 16, 2004 and continuing through Tuesday morning, December 21, 2004 the MRI Office of Regulatory Affairs will be involved in the move of its offices to the second floor of the New Hampshire Avenue Suites. As a result ORA staff will be unable to access project information during this time. I will be checking voice mail and e-mail periodically, however my resources for assisting you will be limited. If you have an emergency requiring immediate assistance, please page Louise Ebbert, Assistant Vice-President for the Office of Regulatory Affairs at (866) 474-0106. Harbor Hospital 12/09/04 Training Cancelled (12/02/04) Click to view revised training dates and locations.   Reminder:  IRB Forms and Procedures Training (10/24/04) IRB SUBMISSION FORMS and PROCEDURES TRAINING:   The MRI IRB forms and submission procedures are changing?  The December training will be the last in the series of new procedure training sessions.  December agenda:  brief summary of changes; Question/Answer forum pertaining to the New submission forms.  RSVP required. Click to view training dates and locations. Effective 12/15/2004, Required MRI IRB Submission Forms (10/24/04) Required IRB SUBMISSION FORMS:   Effective 12/15/2004, use of the following new MRI IRB Submission Forms will be required: Click to see list Important Notification:  IRB/ORA Forms and Procedures Training (9/22/04) IRB SUBMISSION FORMS and PROCEDURES TRAINING:   GOOD NEW! The MRI Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) has been revising policies and procedures to improve services to MRI researchers and the Institutional Review Board (IRB) review process. Full update Important Update... (9/21/04) As an alternative to the requirement of submitting CVs/Training certificates with EACH new MRI IRB project submission, Investigators/Coordinators now have the option to keep CVs and Training Certificates "ON FILE" annually with the MRI Office of Regulatory Affairs. (ORA). Full update ORA Follow-up Update:  Operational Changes (4/12/04) Effective Immediately...... As of April 1, 2004, all Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) operations are being handled out of MedStar Research Institution's main office on New Hampshire Avenue (NHA).   Full update