Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Regulatory Regimes Affecting Krieger School of Arts & Sciences Faculty, Staff, and Students
Questions? Contact Gregory F. Ball , Dean of Research and Graduate Education, (410) 516-8215

Area Regulated	Cognizant Unit for KSAS Researchers	Website or PDF file	Comments
Academic Misconduct Policy	KSAS/WSE	http://www.krieger.jhu.edu/pdfs/ MisconductPolicy2006.pdf	Policy for full and part-time graduate students in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Whiting School of Engineering
Academic Probation and Dismissal Policy for Graduate Students	KSAS/WSE	http://www.krieger.jhu.edu /pdfs/AcProandDisPolFeb20-07.pdf	Policy for full and part-time graduate students in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Whiting School of Engineering
Animal Research	Animal Care and Use Committee	http://jhuresearch.jhu.edu/ complianceanimals.htm#policies http://www.jhu.edu/animal/	Check this if you plan to use animals in research.
Classified Research	Office of the Vice Provost for Research	http://jhuresearch.jhu.edu/ compliance-research.htm	Within JHU allowed only at APL.
Conflict of Interest and Commitment	KSAS Conflict of Interest Committee	http://jhuresearch.jhu.edu/ compliance-conflict.htm DownloadPolicy.pdf	Both COI and COC have both federal and JHU-specific components. Issues of faculty cognizance and compliance persist.
Crisis Management	Download PDF file	http://www.krieger.jhu.edu/ about/crisismanagement.html http://www.hopkins-cepar.org/	KSAS and WSE have a detailed Crisis Management Plan to deal with various crises that may occur. Johns Hopkins' Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR) serves as the command center -- and clearinghouse -- for our enterprise-wide planning for and reaction to a catastrophe, particularly involving bioterrorism or nuclear or chemical attack.
Data Management	Office of the Vice Provost for Research	http://engineering.jhu.edu/ include/content/pdf/adr/ WSE_Research_Rules.pdf	JHU owns your data. Take good care of it. A new and more complete policy is under development
Effort Reporting		https://finsys.admin.jhu.edu/ GenericERS/custom/index.html	New federal emphasis on effort reporting makes proper compliance critical.
Export Controls	Office of the Vice Provost for Research	http://jhuresearch.jhu.edu/ compliance-export.htm	See website for on-line training. Export of knowledge or money is non-intuitively defined and can affect many unsuspecting individuals.
Financial Management	The Arts and Sciences Business and Research Administration (BARA)	http://www.jhu.edu/kasper/ sponsored_projects/	Investigators are responsible for following federal regulations in grant expenditures.
Health, Safety and Environment	Johns Hopkins Health, Safety and Environment Department	http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ hse/biosafety.htm	Gene Transfer Pathogen Protocol Registration; Human Tissue, Pathogen, and Toxin Registration; Biological Safety Cabinet Program
HIPAA	Homewood Institutional Review Board	http://www.cog.jhu.edu/hsrb /useful_links.html	Privacy of participants in human research, including both patients and others. Surveys in which individuals can be identified have gto be concerned about this.
Human Subjects Research	Homewood Institutional Review Board	http://www.cog.jhu.edu/hsrb/	HSR extends far beyond medical issues to research in the social sciences and (for example) field work in anthropology.
Information Technology Policies	Information Technology @ Hopkins	http://www.it.jhu.edu/policies/index.html	Check this site for JH policies on appropriate use of University IT equipment and resources.
Intellectual Property and Tech Transfer	Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer	http://www.jhtt.jhu.edu/ For Hopkins Inventors/	What to do if you invent something with potential value.
International Travel	KSAS/WSE	http://www.krieger.jhu.edu/research/indernational travel.html	Information for students and faculty for research-related international travel.
Responsible Conduct of Research Misconduct Policy	KSAS/WSE	KSAS Integrity in Research (pdf) Research Misconduct Policy for KSAS/WSE (Word Doc)	Plagiarism, fabrication, falsification. Proper research conduct is not always intuitive. Train yourself and your students to do the right thing.
Student Privacy (FERPA)	Office of the Registrar	http://www.jhu.edu/registrar /ferpa.html	Students are entitled to confidentiality of their records.
Volunteers and Visiting Students	KSAS/WSE	www.krieger.jhu.edu/research/visitingstudents.html
JH War Zones Task Force	Johns Hopkins University	http://www.jhu.edu/ news_info/reports/wztf/
updated 06/04/08