2015 IRB Conference Agenda

Time   Title   Presenter
7:00am - 8:00am Continental Breakfast and Check-In
8:00am - 8:10am

Introduction

Chris Kratochvil, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center

8:10am - 9:15am

External Keynote

Pearl O'Rourke, MD
Partners Healthcare Systems

9:15am - 9:30am Break
9:30am - 10:30am

Dealing with Allegations of Noncompliance vs Scientific Misconduct: It’s a Minefield

Ernest Prentice, PhD
UNMC/Nebraska Medicine

10:30am - 11:30am

Common Misconceptions and the Importance of Understanding Ethical Access in Research

Joe Brown, PhD
University of Nebraska at Omaha

11:30pm - 12:30pm

Networking Lunch

12:30pm - 2:00pm

From West Africa to Omaha: Research on Ebola and other Emerging Pathogens

Chris Kratochvil, MD
UNMC

Bruce Gordon, MD
UNMC

2:00pm - 2:15pm Break
2:15pm - 3:15pm

Exploring the Ethics of Isolation and Quarantine: A Visit with Typhoid Mary

Kristin Watkins, MBA
UNMC

Lea Pounds, PhD
UNMC

3:15pm - 3:30pm Final Questions and Closing Remarks

Chris Kratochvil, MD
UNMC