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Research Mission Statement

The research team strives to promote and support research activities through education, providing research opportunities, and providing guidance with a commitment to the highest level of ethical standards and continual compliance of HIPAA regulations and guidelines.

ARMC is a university affiliated teaching health care facility with 6 residency programs, 3 fellowships and more than 100 residents. ARMC holds an annual research day that includes original research, case reports and educational exhibits. Past research topics have ranged from treatment of Brain Abscesses to Uterine Fibroids, and novel treatment protocols for such things as lumbar back disease and traumatic brain injury.

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ARMC regularly showcases work done by its resident physicians to help increase participation in regional research efforts.

ARMC is a university affiliated teaching health care facility with 10 residency programs and more than 100 residents. ARMC holds an annual research day that includes original research, case reports and educational exhibits. Past research topics have ranged from treatment of Brain Abscesses to Uterine Fibroids, and novel treatment protocols for such things as lumbar back disease and traumatic brain injury.

Institutional Review Board

Institutional Review Board is required by Federal regulations to ensure that appropriate procedures are in place to protect the rights and welfare of human subjects participating in research. In order to comply with these regulations, the IRB meets to review research protocols and materials to be used in all research involving human subjects. All individuals interested in conducting research that involves human subjects, either retrospective or prospective in nature, must submit their research proposal and study design to ARMC’s IRB. Under the Department of Health and Human Services, human subjects are defined as a living individual about whom an investigator conducting research obtains data through intervention or interaction with the individual; or identifiable private information.

Institutional Review Board Meeting Schedule:

2020
IRB Meeting Date IRB Submission Deadline
January 16, 2020 December 16, 2019
March 19, 2020 February 19, 2020
May 21, 2020 April 21, 2020
July 16, 2020 June 16, 2020
September 17, 2020 August 17, 2020
November 19, 2020 October 19, 2020

All submissions need to be via ARMC-IRB@armc.sbcounty.gov one month prior to the meeting. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted, this includes missing signatures and NIH certificates. Any late submissions will go onto the following meeting’s agenda.

  1. IRB Procedure
    Submit IRB application and supporting documents—including the application with all the proper signatures, protocol summary, consent forms, and proof of NIH certification—to ARMC-IRB@armc.sbcounty.gov.
  2. NIH Protecting Human Research Participants Training
    Each new research application is required to have a certificate of completion of the National Institute of Health’s Office of Extramural Research, “Protecting Human Research Participants” training module for each investigator and research team member listed on the application. Follow the link below to complete training and make sure to print out your certificate. https://phrp.nihtraining.com/#!/
  3. Application Instructions and Guidelines
  4. New Study Forms
    1. IRB Application
    2. ARMC Consent Template
    3. Attachment A - Additional Sub-Investigators
    4. Attachment B – Conflict of Interest
    5. Protocol Summary Outline
    6. California Bill of Rights
    7. Protocol Amendment
    8. Case Study Memo
    9. Case Study Consent
  5. Ongoing Study Forms
    1. Add Investigator Memo
    2. Request for Revisions
    3. Prospective Annual Review Form
    4. Retrospective Annual Review Form
    5. CITI Instructions
    6. ARMC Intranet
  6. HIPAA/Ethics in research
    1. HIPAA Privacy Rule Form
    2. Application for Alteration or Waiver of HIPAA Authorization
Research Team

Located on the lower level of the main hospital #GC150A

Fadi Andraos
Research Analyst
AndraosF@armc.sbcounty.gov
909-580-3238


Julie Christiancy
IRB Coordinator
ARMC-IRB@armc.sbcounty.gov
909-580-6298


Shawnte Clark
Office Specialist
ClarkeSh@armc.sbcounty.gov
909-580-6263


Reza Hajjafar
Research Program Coordinator
HajjafarR@armc.sbcounty.gov
909-580-6336


Teckah Lawrence, M.Ed
Research Coordinator
LawrenceTe@armc.sbcounty.gov
909-580-6337