The Infection Control and Safety Committee (ICSC) combines the responsibilities of the Institutional Biosafety and the Infectious and Environmental Hazards Committees. The Division of Infectious Diseases and the Environmental Health & Safety Office (EHSO) act as the facilitators of the ICSC. The ICSC Operating Document will be reviewed and revised annually or at any time deemed necessary by the committee. Additional iformation for ICSC can be found on our intranet page . Areas of Responsibility The ICSC is responsible for acting on behalf of the Dean and Provost in all facilities owned and

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Purpose The Grant Review Committee (GRC) serves solely for the purpose of peer reviewing research proposals for scientific merit. It acts as a reviewing agency for internal funding opportunities. The proposals are ranked based soley on scientific merit, which is then shared with the Allocation Committee for consideration of funding through SIU School of Medicine. Membership The GRC is composed of at least twenty-two (22) voting members and two (2) non-voting ex-officio members (Associate Dean for Research (ADR) and Director of the Center for Clinical Research). The GRC Chair may also request

Definition An unestablished investigator is a faculty member who has not been a principal investigator on an external grant and/or who has received less than three years of GRC support, whichever comes first, and/or who has had less than five years of research experience after completion of formal training. (A) Unestablished investigators in their first academic appointment may apply for a total of three years of GRC support. Awards to unestablished investigators will be based on a single GRC application that contains the goals of the entire project period. A priority score will be assigned to

Preparing only the GRC form pages and neglecting to prepare the research proposal portion of the application; i.e., the protocol addressing specific aims, background and significance, preliminary studies, research design and methods, and literature review. Lack of a clear hypothesis. Discrepancies between specific aims and methodology; research design inadequate to accomplish specific aims. Relationship of study design to data analysis not clearly expressed. Inadequate justification of relevance of data to be collected in study. Lack of adequate explanation of terminology and proposed

Applications that exceed the page limitations or do not comply with the required Fall Funding Application format will be returned without review. 1. Introduction (1 page): for applications that are resubmissions: Introduction should state how previous critiques were addressed in the application 2. Specific Aims (1 page): State concisely and realistically what the research described in the application is intended to accomplish and/or what hypothesis is to be tested. Do not exceed one (1) page. 3. Research Plan (6 page maximum to include items A, B, & C below): A. Significance/Preliminary Data

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Medical Humanities Publications Publications 2016 Publications Spielman, B, "What is the Impact of Bioethics on Clinical Trials? " Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology (2016, forthcoming) Christine Gorka, Jana Craig, and Bethany Spielman, "Growing an Ethics Consultation Service: Lessons Learned from Two Decades of Practice," accepted AJOB Empirical Ethics (forthcoming, 2016) Spielman, B, "Gender and Race in the Timing of Requests for Ethics Consultations: a Single Center Study" (submitted, Journal of Clinical Ethics ) Todd, C, "He Says You Are Finished." On Being A Doctor, Annals of Internal

Instructions for Research Proposal Application Page Abstract/Health Relavence Budget Budget Justification Key Personnel and Biographical Sketch Other Support Resources Specific Aims Research Plan Cited References