Animal Research

Before you:

• Use animals or animal tissue in research
• Move or purchase lab animals to be housed at MEEI
• Propose research using a new species

Applying for a Grant:

Before you:

• Would like information to help you identify sponsored funding opportunities, apply for funding or negotiate a funding agreement with a sponsor (government, foundation or industry)

Biological Hazards (RDNA and Other Biohazards)

Before you:

• Use rDNA, cDNA, blood, human tissue or cells, biohazardous, infectious agents, HIV, or HTLV in research at MEEI (For a complete list of agents consult the IBC website)

Chemicals in Laboratories

Before you:

• Use chemicals in research

Clinical Trials

Before you:

• Agree with a Pharmaceutical or Industrial Company about conducting a research project with them

Please contact:

Conflict of Interest

If you:

• Have a financial interest that could potentially be related to your research at MEEI

Before you:

• Submit a proposal

Please refer to these policies. For advice and guidance, contact:
 

Consulting Agreements (Personal)

Before you:

• Enter into a personal consulting agreement
• Discuss it with your chief or director of laboratory/unit and review the following policies to ensure that the consulting agreement does not conflict with your obligations under these policies:

Please contact:

Investigators’ Conflicts of Interest on the Source:
http://thesource/research_admin/documents/Policies/18.pdf

HMS Policy on Conflicts of Interest in Commitment:
http://www.hms.harvard.edu/integrity/conf.html

Patent Policy on the Source:
http://thesource/busdev/documents/Patent%20Policy.pdf

Research Administration
 

Alan Long, PhD - Vice President, Research & Academic Affairs
(617) 573-3499

Alan_Long@meei.harvard.edu

 

Controlled Substances

Before you:

• Use any class of controlled substances in research at MEEI

Effort Reporting

If you:

• Are a PI or key personnel named on a sponsored award
• Perform effort or have responsibility for others who perform effort on sponsored awards

Please ensure that Personal Activity Reports are reviewed and certified by individuals with firsthand knowledge of the work performed. In all cases this should be the individual who performed the work.
 

For guidance and training, please contact:

Research Administration
Judith Ryan

Director, Research Finance
Judith_A_Ryan@meei.harvard.edu

Financial Management of Grant Funds

If you:

• Manage and maintain accounts for funds from a research
• Sponsor
• Have been awarded funds for your research

Please ensure that all charges to your account are reasonable,
allocable and in accordance with institutional accounting policies and guiding regulatory principles.

For assistance and advice, please refer to the website indicated and
contact:

Human Subjects

Before you:

• Interact with a human being or
• Obtain identifiable private information about a human subject
   

Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Before you:

• Use human embryonic stem cells (HESC) in research

Infection Control

Before you:

• Work with infectious materials
• Sterilize equipment

Infection Control on the Source:
http://thesource/infection_control/index.html

Jacquie Alexander, RN
(617) 573-3724
Jacquie_Alexander@meei.harvard.edu

Inventions and Intellectual Property

Before you:

• Submit articles or make presentations on your research that might include new inventions
• Agree to jointly submit an invention disclosure involving collaborators from another institution(s)

Office of Technology Transfer on the Source:
http://thesource/busdev/index.html
 

Ojas Mehta, Director

Intellectual Property and Commercial Ventures
(617) 573-4404
Ojas_Mehta@meei.harvard.edu
OR
 

Alan Long, PhD

Vice President,Research & Academic Affairs
(617) 573-3499

Alan_Long@meei.harvard.edu 
 

Lasers

Before you:

• Use lasers in research
• Install lasers in a laboratory

Medical Surveillance of Research Workers

Before you:

• Commence research involving potential hazardous materials, diseases, or animals

For information about medical surveillance please contact:
 

Misconduct in Research

If you:

• Have a question, concern or possible allegation about misconduct in research at MEEI

Please refer to the following policy and submit any allegation of scientific misconduct (as defined in the policy) to the chief of the department in which the alleged conduct took place

The Infirmary abides by a policy of non-retaliation. Complaints will be protected to the extent permitted by state and federal law. However employees will not be subject to retribution for their disclosure.

Please contact:
 

Policies and Procedures Concerning Allegations of Misconduct in Research on the Source:
http://thesource/research_admin/documents/Policies/20.pdf

For advice on an anonymous or confidential basis, to the extent
permitted by law and policy, you may contact:

MEEI Compliance Hotline
(617) 573-6333

Research Administration
 

Alan Long, PhD - Vice President, Research & Academic Affairs
(617) 573-3499

Alan_Long@meei.harvard.edu
 

OR

Office of General Counsel
Susan Williams, General Counsel
(617) 573-3008
Susan_Williams@meei.harvard.edu
 

Occupational Health, Injuries or Exposures

Before you:

• Commence work at the Infirmary
• Operate or work around lasers of any type
• Use an N95 respirator mask

• Have an occupational injury or exposure to blood, body fluids or bite, scratch from human or animal. Wash area well and report to MEEI Emergency Department (Lobby Floor)
• Have an infectious disease (i.e. influenza, chicken pox, shingles)

Radiation

Before you:

• Use radioisotopes or x-rays in research

For training and approval, please contact:

Research Information Technology

 If you:

• Need help with computers or network issues
• Need an InfoEd account

Please contact:

Shipping Hazardous Materials

Before you:

• Ship or transport hazardous materials to or from MEEI

Transfer of Materials (To and From MEEI)

Before you:

• Bring materials into MEEI that are “owned” by another institution
• Send materials to another institution that are “owned” by MEEI