“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”
--- Malcolm Forbes

“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”
--- Marie Curie

Animal Research
Drexel University Animal Care Occupational Safety Tutorial and Exam

National Academy Press. “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals”

National Animal Welfare Education Program

National Association for Biomedical Research, “The Humane Care and Treatment of Laboratory Animals”

National Association for Biomedical Research, “Regulation of Biomedical Research Using Animals”
Animal Care and Use Training: CITI Program


Biosaftey
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Health and Safety, Safety Training

John Hopkins Health, Safety & Environment Department, Biosafety Training

Human Subject Research
The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research

Cornell University, University Committee on Human Subjects Training Program for Social and Behavioral Sciences

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

Human Participant Protection for Research Teams

Human Subject Regulations Decision Charts

Human Subject Protection Training

MTSU Workshops
“Ethics in Human Subject Research and Researcher Investigator Responsibility” --- Dr. Abdul Rao

IRB and IACUC Approval: Do I Need It and How Do I Get it?

If you have any questions, need to report an adverse event, and/or seek further clarification, please do not hesitate to call (615) 898-8918 or e-mail compliance@mtsu.edu.

If you have any concerns regarding integrity and ethics in research and scholarship at MTSU, please do not hesitate to call (615) 898-8918 or e-mail compliance@mtsu.edu. The confidentiality of anyone who contacts the office will be protected under the Whistleblower Protection Act. Working together we will promote the highest standard of integrity and ethics in research and scholarship.

Leigh Gostowski
Compliance Officer
Sam H. Ingram Bldg. 011B
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
PH: 615-494-8918
FX: 615-904-8020
Email: gostowsk@mtsu.edu