A key goal of the institutional strategic plan for research, endorsed by the Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center's (LLUAHSC) Board of Trustees, is to expand the number of faculty involved in extramurally funded research. One mechanism for meeting that objective would be to encourage faculty from different backgrounds and capabilities to collaborate in the design of innovative, interdisciplinary research proposals.

Have you had difficulty accessing research funds transmitted electronically from your sponsor, especially from a non-federal sponsor? Ginger Simonton, University Accounting, reports that the University regularly receives hundreds of "wire transfers."

The following holidays will affect IRB deadlines for the FULL Board review. Note the related change in the submission deadlines...