About the Bioethics and Research Integrity Core
The CCTS Bioethics and Research Integrity Core (BRIC) integrates faculty, staff, and community expertise in bioethics, regulatory knowledge, and research integrity to provide investigators, community practitioners, trainees, and research participants with a single point of access to the spectrum of ethical and regulatory committees and support services applicable to clinical and translational research.
Mission
The mission of BRIC is to establish an interdisciplinary bioethics and research integrity culture within CCTS and to ensure that CCTS investigators and community partners maintain high levels of regulatory knowledge and accord appropriate priority to research protections. BRIC facilitates:
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Regulatory and compliance planning and coordination supporting CCTS.
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Investigator-focused service support and sharing of best practices with community partners to reduce barriers to research.
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Communication of identified regulatory and compliance needs to appropriate university research support units and authority.
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Development of courses on responsible conduct of research and research ethics within CCTS curricula.
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Quality assurance and quality improvement initiatives in support of clinical and translational research.
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For a comprehensive guide to institutional authorizations, ethical principles, policies and procedures, and unit and personnel responsibilities for human research protections, please review the document below.
The University of Kentucky is fully accredited for human research protections through the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Program, Inc.