Research Compliance

University of Bridgeport is committed to the highest standards of integrity in fulfilling its mission to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research. All research activities undertaken by faculty, staff, and students at UB will be conducted in accordance with strict ethical principles and in compliance with federal, state, and institutional regulations and policies.

Depending on the research activity conducted by UB faculty, staff and students, the designated research compliance officials report to UB’s respective leadership.

Mentor IRB
Program contact(s) Institutional official
Financial Conflict of Interest Maria Gomes, Director
Manyul Im, PhD
Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs
Human Subjects Research
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Kevin Kelliher, PhD
David Oberleitner, PhD
IRB Co-Chairs
Julie Demers
IRB Administrator
Manyul Im, PhD
Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs
Institutional Biosafety & Laboratory Safety Committee (IBC/LSC) Fred Ferraro, Chairman
Mohammed Aljamal, Vice-Chairman
Khaled Elleithy, PhD
Dean, College of Engineering, Business, Education
Intellectual Property Policy Sherri Dente, Esq
Director, Bauer Hall Innovation Center
Elena Cahill, JD
Vice President of Innovation, Strategy, and Advancement
Responsible Conduct of Research Manyul Im, PhD
Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs

Program contacts are responsible for providing support and training to faculty, students and staff in order to meet these requirements and maintain a robust research compliance program at UB.

RIC works with the faculty oversight committees to promote the ethical and responsible conduct of research and to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements relating to research involving human participants, biological materials, recombinant/synthetic nucleic acids, biohazards, radiation hazards, and chemical hazards. The committees supported by this office include the Institutional Review Board (IRB), the Joint Institutional Biosafety and Laboratory Safety Committee (IBC/LSC), the Financial Conflict of Interest in Research Committee (FCOI), and Responsible Conduct of Research.

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