News Archives

March 9th, 2009– TO ALL PROPOSAL TRACKING USERS:  Please be aware that the UM Proposal Transmittal has been revised to indicate if the proposal is in response to an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) / Stimulus funding announcment. This information should be entered into Proposal Tracking effective immediately. Further instructions can be found here. For more infromation on the stimulus act please visit this link.

January 13th, 2009– TO ALL VELOS USERS:  The University's clinical research management system, Velos eResearch, will be offline for most of the day on January 30th while we upgrade to Version 8. Velos users should consider this downtime when scheduling their subjects for research visits. Version 8 will provide enhanced calendar management capabilities and updates to the user interface. All existing study data should migrate without issue. Contact resinfo@med.miami.edu for more details.

December 15th, 2008– TO ALL INFOED USERS:  The entire InfoEd system will be unavailable on Tuesday, December 16th due to system maintenance and modifications. Please plan accordingly, and do not access InfoEd during this time. We hope the impact of this down time will be minimal, and thank you for your understanding.

November 17th, 2008– TO ALL VELOS USERS:  The Clinical Research Subject Enrollment policy ensures that the University tracks all clinical research subjects involved in clinical research protocols that test a drug, device or biologic and/or involve procedures, lab tests, and/or interventions on a patient.

The principal investigator (or designee) is required to notify the office of Clinical Research Revenue Cycle within 24 hours of consenting a patient to participate and upon withdrawal (for any reason) from a project that meets this criterion.

What do I need to do?

· To report the consenting of a clinical research subject the PI (or designee), must submit the Research Subject Enrollment/Dis-Enrollment Form within 24 hours of subject consent being completed to the CRRC by either (i) submitting an enrollment form available at www.med.miami.edu/cris, or (ii) submitting the information in Velos, if the study is built in Velos, at https://velos.miami.edu.

· To report the dis-enrollment of a clinical research subject the PI (or designee), must submit the Research Subject Enrollment/Dis-Enrollment Form to CRRC at crrc@med.miami.edu within 24 hours of subject dis-enrollment from a study (for any reason other than end of study treatment).

September 11th, 2008– TO ALL INFOED USERS:  The University of Miami will receive an upgrade to the entire InfoEd system on Thursday, September 11.  This will provide new features and improvements for all of our InfoEd modules.  Please be aware:  The InfoEd system will be unavailable at least until noon on September 11.  There may be additional sporadic down time shortly thereafter (Sept 12, etc) if further testing is required.  Please plan accordingly.
 
We hope the impact of this down time will be minimal, and thank you for your understanding.

September 2nd, 2008– The University of Miami's Office of Research would like to thank you for your support of the InfoEd Proposal Development system. We have now submitted over 100 NIH proposals through InfoEd, and you are invited to the celebration.

We will be hosting a user appreciation event with free giveaways, food, games and much more on September 12th from 3:30 to 5:00 pm in CRB 873. Here are some links to InfoEd brainteasers to get you prepared for our festivities:

InfoEd Proposal Development Maze

InfoEd Proposal Development Hangman

August 11th, 2008– Kanchan Sakhrani has joined the Office of Research Information Management (ORIM) as a Project Manager. She has bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Miami and has been with UM since 2001, starting with the Center for Family Studies. Kanchan joins us today from the School of Nursing where she was a Senior Research Analyst for NIH sponsored studies led by El Centro.  She will be working on the Velos eResearch team and focus on assisting study staff and departments as they adopt and use the software. We’re very fortunate to have Kanchan as she has an abundant amount of experience working with coordinators, PIs, and staff on study operations, electronic data collection, and quality assurance, plus she is already an experienced Velos user. These skills should prove to be great resources for our current and future Velos customers and help us further scale our ability to deploy these tools and related services.  

Kanchan will be located in Sewell 2017a and can be reached at 305-243-2314/3896 or ksakhrani@med.miami.edu.

May 09, 2008– Late last year UM acquired the Velos eResearch clinical research management system as a central resource for clinical research studies. This deployment is part of three major initiatives in the Office of Research to improve our ability to initiate and manage clinical research efforts and simplify as many of the supporting processes as possible. On May 21st, the Office of Research Information Management will host an information session.This session will give an update on Velos deployment status and rollout, process transformation, overview of functionality with a brief demonstration, and make the project team available to answer questions. This is a great opportunity for investigators, departments and study coordinators to learn more about Velos and how it is and will be used.

Mar. 19, 2008 – UM has submitted its 50th NIH proposal electronically through InfoEd since the capability became available last June. InfoEd pre-fills NIH forms saving investigators and administrators time, especially as deadlines approach. It also provides budget building capability pre-configured with university rates to make budgeting simpler. As an alternative to submitting through PureEdge to Grants.gov, 14 different departments and over 35 different PIs have submitted their proposals through InfoEd. Since last fall over 220 users have been trained to use the system across the university.  On-going training opportunities are being held on a regular basis. Contact 305-243-2314 with any questions.

Oct. 15, 2007 – Stephen DeGennaro has joined the Velos team as a senior systems analyst. He will oversee the technical deployment of the system, integration with other UM infrastructure, and development of specialized functionality to support studies. He joins ORIM after 6+ years with our Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center as a senior programmer analyst, where he acquired expertise regarding systems that support clinical research protocols and patient tracking. 

Oct. 9, 2007 – In the last week, a number of departments have used our new InfoEd Proposal Development (PD) module to create and submit a total of 7 proposals to NIH. This is the first official NIH deadline where we have used this module in production. An alternative to PureEdge, InfoEd PD communicates directly with Grants.gov and provides features to minimize the time required to build a budget or populate SF 424s. Over 130 end-users have been trained so far with more training opportunities available throughout October. InfoEd  PD is available via http://infoed.med.miami.edu/.