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IRB Protocol for Convened Review Due Date

When: Monday, April 01, 2013 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Where: ORSP, 901 Ginger Hall

Description:

Institutional Review Board (IRB) Protocols requiring a convened review for the April meeting are due by 4:30 p.m.

Exempt and Expedited reviews are accepted at any time.

For more information, contact Janet Skidmore at 606-783-9370 or j.skidmore@moreheadstate.edu.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
901 Ginger Hall
Morehead, KY 40351
Phone: 606-783-2010
Fax: 606-783-2130
E-mail: b.dehart@moreheadstate.edu or re.alfrey@moreheadstate.edu

2012 Distinguished Researcher Award recipient Dr. Lesia Lennex, Professor in the Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education, presented at the 2013 Research and Creative Productions Committee Annual Scholars Luncheon April 29, 2013. Her research focuses on the application of 3D technology in schools. Click here to access Dr. Lennex's presentation. For more information, contact Dr. Lennex at 606-783-2879 or via e-mail at l.lennex@moreheadstate.edu.

Associate Professor of Geology & Science Education Jen O'Keefe has been awarded an NSF EPSCoR Regional Research Enhancement Grant. Dr. O'Keefe will collaborate with the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research Petrology Laboratory to study the development of ancient organic sediments through palynology/mycology, organic petrography, geochemistry, and stratigraphic relationships, allowing them to explore past climate systems and predict future events. For additional information about this project, contact Dr. Jen O'Keefe at (606) 783-2349 or j.okeefe@moreheadstate.edu, or visit the UK CAER website here.

Associate Professor of Biology Janelle Hare has been awarded a $248,000 competitive renewal on her existing National Institutes of Health (NIH) Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) grant. The project, titled Mechanisms of Action of UmuD in Regulating DNA Damage-Induced Genes in a umuC Def," investigates how the DNA damage response to antibiotic treatment of bacteria leads to the spread of antibiotic resistance and other virulence genes among bacteria. For additional information about this project, contact Dr. Janelle Hare at (606) 783-2951 or jm.hare@moreheadstate.edu.

Jeffrey Hill, associate professor in Morehead State University’s Department of Communication, Media and Leadership Studies, will have his new series “How Hollywood Does It” premiere in January on Kentucky Educational Television (KET). For more information, access the official press release here.

MSU Associate Professor of Space Science and Astrophysics Thomas Pannuti was named Distinguished University Scientist at the Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting. The award was based on Dr. Pannuti's long-standing body of work as a research astrophysicist. For more information, click here.