Institutional Research Assistance
IRB: Partners Human Research Committee
The Partners Human Research Committee (Institutional Review Board) ensures all research being conducted at the Partners Institutions comply with all necessary legal and ethical guidelines. The Partners IRB provide support and training on the new eIRB and other requirements.
Homepage: http://healthcare.partners.org/phsirb/
Policies: http://healthcare.partners.org/phsirb/guidance.htm
617-424-4100
Partners Human Research Quality Improvement Program
Partners Human Research Quality Improvement Program is committed to providing ongoing support and education to the research community. The staff conducts routine onsite reviews, audit preparation, and educational QI In-services to ensure clinical research compliance.
Website: www.partners.org/phsqi/
Partners Clinical Research Office (PCRO)
The PCRO provides Budgets and Contract support, as well as information to help set up fund numbers.
Location: 101 Huntington Avenue, 4 th Floor, Boston, MA 02199
Contact: Maureen Lawton, Interim Director
Email: mlawton@partners.org
617-954-9367
BWH Research Compliance
The Research Compliance office provides general support to help ensure the quality and integrity of research across the institution as well as assists investigators with understanding regulatory requirements. www.bwhbri.partners.org/research_compliance
Contact: Allison Moriarty, Director
Email: apmoriarty@partners.org
617-732-8335
Research Billing Compliance assists researchers to ensure research-related patient care charges are processed appropriately. In addition, Research Billing Compliance will also help decipher Partners Invoice Statements, reconciliation of grant(s), and education/training fees.
Contact: Sonya Huggins
Email: shuggins@partners.org
617-732-8337

If you are concerned about the appropriateness of a specific activity, decision or action, call the anonymous and confidential Partners Compliance Helpline at 1-800-856-1983, or go to www.partners.org/complianceline.
BWH Finance and Revenue Operations
The Finance and Accounting Office assists with concerns relating to research patient care charges that were inappropriately billed to insurance.
Contact: Deborah A. Goodman, Sr. Project Manager
Email: dagoodman@partners.org
Lab Certification
This office provides certification for laboratory use for clinical trials (CLIA certification) and provides information regarding normal laboratory levels for Brigham and Women’s
Hospital.
Contact: Cecilia Robinson
Email: crobinson2@partners.org
617-732-6245
Investigational Drug Service (Pharmacy)
The Investigational Drug Service (IDS) offers pharmaceutical services and guidance to support research activities for all research groups and investigators engaged in research.
The IDS ensures the delivery of high quality pharmaceutical care by adhering to all laws and regulations while minimizing the risks associated with participation in an investigational drug trial.
Contact: Tricia Kelly
Email: pkelly8@partners.org
617-732-6410
Research Training
Clinical Trial Registration
ClinicalTrials.gov
is a directory of federally and privately supported research trials conducted in the United States and around the world. Registration at www.clinicaltrails.gov
is mandated by law (PRS and US Public Law 110-85). The
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) also requires registration as a condition for publication of research results generated by a clinical trial (N Engl J Med
2004; 351: 1250-1).
For further details, please refer to Partners IRB website regarding Clinical Trials
Registration at: www.healthcare.partners.org/phsirb/ct.gov.htm
Contact:
Sarah White
Email: swhite12@partners.org
617-424-4137
CITI Training
Victoria Mirabello
Email: vmirabello@partners.org
617-424-4140

The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) program was developed by experts in the "IRB community". Researchers and staff from the BWH/FH/MGH clinical research community are required to complete an initial CITI certification and CITI recertification is required every three years. www.citiprogram.org
Contact: Victoria Mirabello
Email: vmirabello@partners.org
617-424-4140
Infection Control
Infection Control is responsible for establishing procedures necessary to maintain infection control guidelines that are consistent with city, state, and federal health regulations. Infection Control can assist investigators to ensure their protocols adhere with safety regulations.
617-732-6785
Hazardous Material Training
The Hospital’s Hazardous Material department provides annual training for those who ship samples. In addition, the Hazardous Material department provides emergency planning and training for the Hospital.
Contact: Casey Lucas
Email: cmlucas@partners.org
617-525-7341
Percipio Access/Training
Through Precipio, investigators can access ancillary service requests for departments such as Radiology, Endoscopy, and Cardiology. This department can provide access and training to successfully use Percipio.
Contact: BWH Help Desk at 617-732-5927
Insight Access/Training
Insight is a website developed for the Partners research community to aid investigators and administrators in retrieving grant, contract, protocol and financial data pertaining to an investigator’s research portfolio.
Contact: Susan Howard, Team Lead insighthelpdesk@partners.org
617-424-4175
Funding Opportunities
To receive weekly emails regarding funding, sign up for the Friday Funding
Opportunities , maintained through Research Administration. http://bwhbri.partners.org/ResearchAdmin/Grants/RICSFundingOpps.asp
Recruitment Resources

There are multiple resources for recruiting participants for clinical trials. To get started, it is important to first read through the IRB Guidelines for advertising, which can be found at http://healthcare.partners.org/phsirb/recruit.htm
Investigators can advertise their clinical trials on the central Partners website : www.clinicaltrials.partners.org
or investigators can access potential participants through
RSVP for Health , a database onto which interested volunteers may sign to become involved in research studies: www.rsvpforhealth.partners.org/researchers.asp
Investigators can also use the Research Patient Data Registry (RPDR) to access study populations. RPDR can query medical records for specific diagnoses, inpatient procedures, provider type data, wet laboratory results, discharge summaries, radiology and pathology reports, and operative notes. With IRB approval, researchers may access specific patient records: http://rpdrweb/partners/rpdrinfo/start/Newbrowser.htm