What is the Research Compliance Network?
Established in 2014, the Research Compliance Network (RCN) is a volunteer-led national consortium of representatives primarily from academic medical centers, universities, and hospitals. RCN members are professionals whose role involves quality assurance and quality improvement activities (QA/QI) related to organization-wide human subjects research compliance, including post-approval auditing. The network currently includes over 300 members representing various institutions, large and small.
The RCN serves as a communication and collaboration forum, enabling its members to exchange best practices, share strategies and resources, and develop new tools.
The RCN holds bi-monthly video meetings, utilizes a group email for online discussions, and saves shared resources in a secure cloud storage platform. In addition, the RCN supports topic-specific work teams, which focus on areas of particular interest and importance to members.
Mission Statement
The mission of the RCN is to facilitate inter-institutional networking, benchmarking, and collaboration related to human subjects research QA/QI activities. Specific objectives include:
- Serving as a communication forum for human subjects QA/QI professionals
- Identifying best-practices related to human subjects research oversight and QA/QI
- Facilitating the exchange of information, tools, and resources
- Collaborating on developing new tools and guidance, as needed to support QA/QI work
Communication
RCN members utilize a group email for online discussions. Members are encouraged to use this group email to ask questions and to consult with the network.
The group email address is provided to new members in their welcome email. If you would like the group email address to be re-sent to you, please use the form below. For membership requests, visit our membership page.