Upcoming Workshops:
1. Research Ethics in Environmental Research: A Graduate Short Course Series
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse
When: Jan. 27-28, Mar. 30-31, and Apr 27-28, 2012 **Fridays, 2:00–4:30pm; Saturdays, 9:30am – noon
Who and What: Professor Dianne Quigley will lead this one credit-hour, three-weekend workshop on research ethics and cultural competence is designed for graduate students in Environmental Studies, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, and related fields. Training on research ethics combined with cultural diversity will prepare participants with new research approaches/ methods appropriate to field studies, community-based partnerships and research with cultural groups. Students will learn about required procedures for protecting human subjects, ethical theories, cultural competence theory, and review environmental case studies for community-based, culturally-appropriate approaches.
Dianne Quigley is Adjunct Assistant Professor in ESF's Dept. of Environmental Studies and at Brown University’s Center for Environmental Studies, and a lecturer at UMass-Dartmouth. She is the principal investigator of the NSF-funded, Northeast Ethics Education Partnership (NEEP, 2010-13); was principal investigator of a National Institute on Health grant entitled, “Collaborative Initiative for Research Ethics in Environmental Health” (2000-07). Dr. Quigley holds a Ph.D. in Religion from Syracuse University; and a master’s degree from Clark University's Environment, Science and Policy Program.
Contact: E-mail: Dianne_Quigley_1@brown.edu; tel. 401.863.3449; web: brown.edu/research/research-ethics
2. Quest for Research Excellence: ORI Conference on Research Integrity
Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
March 15-16th, 2012
Who and Where: Professor Dianne Quigley will present "Research Ethics Training for Placed-based/Culturally-diverse Communities" at Georgetown University, host of the 2011 Quest for Research Excellence Conference. She will speak for 35 minutes, with an additional 5 minutes provided for questions.
What: Celebrate the rewards of research integrity! This conference will bring together educators of responsible conduct of research and researchers of research integrity with representatives from professional societies, funding agencies and regulators. Be recognized for your contributions to research integrity and build your network and learn from your peers. The scope of responsible conduct of research education is changing. Research in Research Integrity is expanding. Fill your tool bag with resources for building an institutional environment that encourages integrity and sparks ideas for innovative research in new directions. Become a catalyst for research integrity in your home institution. You will leave the conference inspired and enriched.
When: Thursday, March 15th, from 3:50 to 6:00 pm (Dr. Quigley will present from 5:10-5:50, see below).
Panel Description: RI Communities 1
1. 3:50-4:10 “Research ethics and integrity in community-based participatory research” Sarena Seifer, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
2. 4:10-4:30 “Research Setting, Worker Type and Scientific Integrity of Community-Based Research” Kenneth A Richman, Leslie B Alexander, and Gala True, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
3. 4:30-4:50 “Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR): Developing a Standardized Definition of “Community” “ Mark Fox, MD, PhD, MPH and Ric Munoz, JD, MSW, University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine
4. 4:50- 5:10 “Regulating Research in Tribal Communities: Tools and Training from the National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center” Christina Daulton & Puneet Chawla Sahota, National Congress of American Indians,
5. 5:10 – 5:50 pm “Research Ethics Training for Place-based/Culturally-diverse Communities” Dianne Quigley,Brown University
Registration: Those interested in registering for the Quest for Research Excellence Conference can find more information here.