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<b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:105%">Institutional<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>Biosafety<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Committee<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>Administration<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Transition<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Office<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Research<span style="letter-spacing:-3.05pt">
</span>Integrity<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Environmental<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Health<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>&<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Safety<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Starting January 2022, Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) administration will be<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>transitioning from Office of Research Integrity (ORI) within Research and Economic<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Development<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>(RED)<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Environmental<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>Health<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>&<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Safety<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>(EH&S)<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">
</span>within<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Planning,<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>Budget,<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-3.05pt">
</span>Administration. The transition to EH&S will align with nationwide best practices and improve<span style="letter-spacing:-3.05pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>overall function<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>quality<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>IBC<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>program.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:#5B9BD4">Transition<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>
Plan<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Approach</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
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Beginning in January 2022, the activities and initiatives of the IBC oversight process<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>including scheduling IBC meetings, recording, and retaining meeting minutes, ensuring<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>timely<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>submission<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>biological<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>use<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>authorization<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>(BUA)<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span>protocols,<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>interacting with<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>local,<span style="letter-spacing:-3.05pt"> </span>state, and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>federal<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>regulators<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>business<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>related<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>biosafety,<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>transition<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>EH&S.<o:p></o:p></p>
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ORI<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>continue<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>provide<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>support<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>services<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>to EH&S<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>ensure<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>smooth<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>transition<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>until<span style="letter-spacing:-3.05pt">
</span>implementation is complete. Additionally, IBC members will continue to be recruited and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>appointed<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Vice<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>Chancellor of<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span>RED.<o:p></o:p></p>
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As<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>part<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>of the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>transition, the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>BUA<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>submission<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>process<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>updated.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Starting<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>January<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>17,<span style="letter-spacing:-3.05pt"> </span>2022, BUA protocols (new, renewal, and amendments) will be submitted through the Risk<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and Safety Solutions’ (RSS) Biosafety application. The campus already uses other RSS<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>applications,<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>including Laboratory<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>Hazard<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Assessment<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>(LHAT)<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Chemical<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>inventory.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Currently approved BUAs will be migrated into RSS-Biosafety during the next two months.<span style="letter-spacing:-3.05pt">
</span>Principal investigators and faculty will be provided training on how to use RSS-Biosafety<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>through scheduled webinars, virtual Zoom trainings, and guidance documents. Additional<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>one-on-one training or guidance can also be scheduled as needed with EH&S biosafety<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>staff. Guidance documents, dates and times for scheduled trainings will be posted on both<span style="letter-spacing:-3.05pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>ORI<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>EH&S websites.<o:p></o:p></p>
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It is<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>important<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>note<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>that there<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>should<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>not be<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>any<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>delays<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>interruptions<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>BUA<span style="letter-spacing:-3.05pt">
</span>submission<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>or approval<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>process.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Research<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>not be<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>impacted.<o:p></o:p></p>
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For<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>any<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>questions<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>concerns<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>about this<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>transition, please<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>contact the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>EH&S<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>biosafety<span style="letter-spacing:-3.05pt">
</span>office<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span><a href="mailto:ehsbiosafety@ucr.edu"><span style="color:#0462C1">ehsbiosafety@ucr.edu<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span></span></a><u><span style="color:#0462C1">or ORI<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>at<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span></span></u><a href="mailto:ibc@ucr.edu"><span style="color:#0462C1">ibc@ucr.edu</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Bomotti Rodolfo<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:1.05pt">Vice<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
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