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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dear Admins and Department Heads,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Office of Research & Sponsored Programs is honored to have Dr. Bruce Whitney, Chief Research Compliance Officer for System, to facilitate the learning in each of these sessions of
Face-to-Face training (classroom) on <b>T<span style="color:#1F497D">u</span>esday, September<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>29, 2015.</b> These training sessions are a substitute for the CITI online training for the required research compliance classes of
<b><span style="color:blue">Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)</span><span style="color:#1F497D">,
</span><span style="color:blue">Protection of Human Subjects</span><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span></b>and the<b> <span style="color:blue">Introduction to Biosafety</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The <b>flyers are attached</b> and may be posted or forwarded to students and faculty who may be in need of the training.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We want to be sure that your departments are aware of the trainings since much of the research associated with your fields involves human subjects or participants.
<b><u>The RCR training is required for all faculty, staff and students involved in any type of research. </u></b><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><b><u>The Protection of Human Subjects and Introduction to Biosafety trainings may be required depending on the type of research that is being done.<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:red">At this point, there have not been as many as usually sign up for these trainings. Please make sure potential attendees are aware of this training opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If you have questions regarding current training needs, please feel free to contact Austin Templer at
<a href="mailto:james.templer@tamuc.edu">james.templer@tamuc.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Thank you and please call with questions or if you need more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Glenda Denton | Research & Sponsored Programs Coordinator II<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Office of Research & Sponsored Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="mailto:Glenda.Denton@tamuc.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">Glenda.Denton@tamuc.edu</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">P O Box 3011 | Commerce, TX 75429-3011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Tel. 903-886-5766 | Fax 903-468-8784 |
<a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/"><span style="color:windowtext">www.tamuc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Texas A&M University-Commerce
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