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New from ORI

New Video Series: "AI Adventures in Human Subjects Research"

Meet AI and the Data Ancestors! This animated video series introduces the different types of data that researchers input into AI models, identifies the risks for each type of data, and offers strategies for mitigating those risks.

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Video: "Don't Destroy Data"

Balancing confidentiality with data reproducibility requires researchers and IRB members to protect both research data and the participants from which it came.

This brief animated video introduces how secure data retention can contribute to the reproduction and validation of research findings.

Watch Video (3:11)

UK ORI Informed Consent Process Interactive Course

The UK ORI Informed Consent Process Interactive Course includes a training module that outlines informed consent components, strategies, and resources for achieving a valid informed consent process.

Informed Consent Process Interactive Tool

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About ORI

ORI supports the institution in promoting ethical conduct of human research and educating University of Kentucky (UK) faculty, staff, and students regarding human research compliance and research ethics.

ORI provides research support services including IRB review, policy development, web-based IRB submission (E-IRB), HIPAA/FERPA research reviews, protocol review management, ethical and regulatory education, quality improvement review, reliance agreement management, and research misconduct prevention and allegation management. ORI provides support for six federally mandated review committees: four Medical and one Nonmedical Institutional Review Boards (IRB), and the Radioactive Drug Research Committee (RDRC).

The UK Human Research Program is fully accredited by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Program (AAHRPP). Read about the 2020 AAHRPP Re-accreditation here.

Update: Reaccreditation awarded 2025

UK Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) Comprehensive Plan (PDF, 22 pgs)

Award of Excellence for Best Practice in Human Research Protection

In December 2018, the University of Kentucky Office of Research Integrity (ORI) won an Award of Excellence for Best Practice in Human Research Protection for the “Informed Consent Workshop: From Perception to Process.” The four-hour, hands-on workshop assists researchers in adopting new informed consent rules. Read more…

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