2009 ORD Local Accountability for Research Meeting

New Meeting!
2009 ORD Local Accountability for Research Meeting

January 13-14, 2009
Baltimore, MD

The VHA Office of Research & Development (ORD) is pleased to announce the 2009 ORD Local Accountability for Research Meeting. This coming year ORD will have one meeting for about 600 participants, instead of a series of smaller meetings. ORD will pay for travel for up to five representatives from each VA facility with a Federalwide Assurance (FWA). These representatives will include the following (please- no substitutions):

  • Medical Center Director
  • Chief of Staff
  • ACOS/R&D
  • AO/R&D
  • Research Compliance Officer

The meeting will target the respective roles and responsibilities of individuals holding these 5 positions, and how they can work together to enhance their local research program. It will also provide an opportunity to network with others who have similar responsibilities, and with ORD and Office of Research Oversight (ORO) staff.

Registration is now open! Click here to register.


Conference Handouts
Conference Handouts for Local Accountability Meeting (40 KB, PDF) - provides links to source documents that were distributed at the conference

Target audience: ACOS/R&D; AO/R&D; IRB, R&D or IACUC chairs; Chief Information Officers; Information Security Officers; and Privacy Officers. Others who will benefit from this information include Chiefs of Staff, Research Compliance Officers, and VISN representatives with research responsibilities.

January 23-24, 2008 (San Diego)
February 6-7, 2008 (Baltimore)
March 12-13, 2008 (Chicago)

* All files are in Power Point format unless otherwise noted.


Other Resources



Target audience: Chiefs of Staff and ACOS/R&D, IRB Chairs, R&D Chairs, Research Compliance Officers, AO/R&D, and VISN representatives with research responsibilities.

January 18-19, 2007 (Atlanta)
September 6-7, 2006 (Baltimore)
September 13-14, 2006 (San Francisco)
November 29-30, 2006 (St. Louis)

* All files are in Power Point format.

Day One:

Day Two: