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Dr. J. Patrick "President Pat" Vandersluis is our fearless leader here at HealthRx. He spends much of his time learning about and researching cardiology, bioengineering, medical informatics, and health IT. Someday Pat plans to write a novel that has nothing to do with any of those things. In his little free time, he enjoys Battlestar Galactica, home improvement, How It's Made, and circus peanuts. Say hi to Pat on email or LinkedIn.

Kelly Morgan is our Director of Marketing and Communication. She is a health communication researcher and Ph.D. candidate, adjunct professor, and a fitness instructor outside of HealthRx. Kelly has also been "fixin' to" finish writing a novel for the last five years, but prefers talking about it to doing it. She also enjoys party stores, ghost stories, fashion mags, The Simpsons, and ginger tea. Holler at Kelly on email, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Facebook, or Twitter.

Patrick Walsh is our COO. He directs operations from our offices in Myrtle Beach (tough duty) and cracks the whip when the rest of us start going down rat holes. Pat is crazy for golf at its highest level (so the Golf Channel is a favorite), American history, classic movies, fast cars (as they go by), and an occasional Rocky Patel and cognac. Send your love to Pat by email .

Eric Morgan is our Director of Advanced Technologies. He specializes in iPad development, but willingly dabbles in less exciting "hacking" as well. In his spare time, Eric brews beer and occupies Micro Center. Eric loves sci-fi, fast cars, Batman, and fancying himself as an Ancient Alien Astronaut Theorist. Transmit geeky messeges to Eric on email or LinkedIn.

Lauren Spengler is our Customer Support Manager.  She spends her time guiding researchers down the easiest path to solving their problems. Lauren has also spearheaded our healthy company fitness initiative! She is a proud cat lady who loves bowling, live music, crafting, indoor rock climbing, painting, and being an advocate for women's health. Tell her all your secrets by email.

Jackson Sunuwar is one of our Software Developers. Outside of work, he plays soccer and cranks up his Xbox with Fifa and Halo. When he wants to show his artsy side, Jackson works on his photography skills with some sweet Nikon cameras and taps into his inner Jason Mraz by playing soft rock/acoustic on his guitar. Send a song request his way by email.

Dylan Pullia is a Software Development Intern. He is currently studying Computer Science at George Mason University and aspires to start his own software company. Outside of work, Dylan likes to play paintball, video games, and work on his own programming projects. Interface with Dylan by email or on Skype at dylan.pulliam.

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Understanding Dual Use Research: Part 1

Posted on Fri, May 11, 2012
  
  
  
  

Dual use research has become a hot topic recently in government-funded research. This post, Part 1 of a two-part series on Understanding Dual Use Research, will provide you with the foundation for interpreting and understanding the policies and discussions going on this Spring about dual use research. 

Definitions

Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC): "DURC is life sciences research that, based on current understanding, can be reasonably anticipated to provide knowledge, information, products, or technologies that could be directly misapplied to pose a significant threat with broad potential consequences to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, materiel, or national security" (NIH, 2012).

Life sciences: This term "pertains to living organisms (e.g., microbes, human beings, animals, and plants) and their products, including all disciplines and methodologies of biology such as aerobiology, agricultural science, plant science, animal science, bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, synthetic biology, environmental science, public health, modeling, engineering of living systems, and all applications of the biological sciences. The term is meant to encompass the diverse approaches for understanding life at the level of ecosystems, organisms, organs, tissues, cells, and molecules" (NIH, 2012).

Extramural research: Research "which is funded by a department or agency under a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other agreement and not conducted directly by the department or agency" (NIH, 2012).

Intramural research: Research "which is directly conducted by a department or agency" (NIH, 2012).

Dual Use Tracking

In our PI-Dashboard research registration product, we track dual use with the following questions:

PID Dual Use

PID Dual Use

Filling out this part of the research registration provides all information necessary for research approval and oversight in one place.  Our PI-Dashboard was designed to promote biosafety and researcher well-being by collecting and connecting any information that may affect the research itself or the implications of the research.

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Part 2 of our Understanding Dual Use series will explain recent concerns and policies developing around dual use research of concern.

Kelly Vandersluis Morgan

 

 

 

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