Grad Student Seminar: IRB, Responsible Conduct of Research
Discussing ethics, academic integrity, rules and regulations
Our guests will be:
* Timothy Sparklin, Director, Human and Animal Research Protections Office
* Wendy Martin, Director, Office of Technology Development
About Tim Sparklin:
Tim is the Administrator for the Human and Animal Research
Protections Office. He has been at UMBC since 1992 and, since 1996,
been responsible for many areas of research compliance at the
university, including human participant protections, animal care and
use, and the education and training of investigators. His
responsibilites in the Human and Animal Research Protections Office
include human and animal use education and training, CITI consultation,
IRB and IACUC protocol consultation & pre-review, IRB and IACUC
post-approval, PAPM ( IRB protocol audits), and Responsible Conduct of
Research (RCR) education assistance. He holds a Master’s of Social Work
from the University of Maryland, Baltimore and has professional
certifications in the field of human research protections from the
National Association of IRB Managers (CIM) and the Council for
Certification of IRB Professionals (CIP).
