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Belinda Smith, Research Education Specialist for the University of Kentucky (UK) Office of Research Integrity (ORI), is a research education specialist
with 34 years’ experience in human research, beginning with clinical research
coordination and evolving into human subject protections. She currently oversees education and outreach
for the University of Kentucky human research protection program. The UK
Education Team utilize instructional design to create innovative education
projects and initiatives. In addition, she provides FDA consultation for
the Office of Research Integrity and Institutional Review Boards. She has co-authored publications and
presented at national conferences in the areas of metabolic research, clinical
research, and human research protection.
Kindra Cooper is the IRB Director at Creighton University in
Omaha, Nebraska, and an Unaffiliated Board Member with Advarra. She is
responsible for oversight of Creighton University’s Human Research Protection
Program and two institutional review boards (Biomedical and Social/Behavioral).
Kindra is a regulatory and life sciences attorney. She earned her JD at the
University of Washington School of Law. She also holds a Master of Bioethics
and Health Policy from Loyola University Chicago, and a Master of Public
Administration from The George Washington University. Prior to her role at
Creighton, Kindra served as an IRB Chairperson for Advarra and in-house
Regulatory Counsel for Quorum IRB. She is a published author on topics
including eConsent and mobile medical applications. She has presented at
national conferences and via online webinars on topics including IRB Myths,
eConsent, and IRB review of medical device research.