{"id":41558,"date":"2023-02-22T09:39:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T14:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/?page_id=41558"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:46:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:46:36","slug":"research-compliance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/offices-contacts\/research-support-offices\/research-compliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Compliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Services<\/h2>\n<p>Research Compliance helps BU faculty, administrators, and staff involved in research comply with city, state, and national laws and regulations, and maintain standards of integrity, quality, and ethics.<\/p>\n<h3>We help with&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/ethics-compliance\/animal-subjects\/\">Animal care<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/ethics-compliance\/research-security\/export-control\/\">Export control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/ethics-compliance\/conflicts-of-interest\/\">Financial conflicts of interest in research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/ethics-compliance\/human-subjects\/\">Human subjects research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/ethics-compliance\/safety\/laboratory-safety\/\">Lab safety and research involving radioactive and biological materials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/ethics-compliance\/safety\/rohp\/\">Research occupational health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/ethics-compliance\/responsible-conduct-of-research\/\">Responsible conduct of research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Contacts<\/h2>\n<h3>Leadership<\/h3>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-18 profile type-profile status-publish hentry office-orc stage-conducting-research\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/profile\/kate-mellouk\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2016\/04\/kate_mellouk_650px.png\" alt=\"Image of Kate Mellouk\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Kate Mellouk<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Associate Vice President, Research Compliance<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-24380 profile type-profile status-publish hentry topic-animal-care office-asc\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/profile\/colleen-thurman\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"initials\">\n\t\t\tCT\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Colleen Thurman<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Director, Animal Science Center; Attending Veterinarian<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-32211 profile type-profile status-publish hentry fp-type-compliance office-orc\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/profile\/jessica-captain-novick\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2022\/04\/Jessica-e1677617613294.jpeg\" alt=\"Jessica Captain Novick headshot\" width=\"127\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Jessica Captain Novick<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Director, Health Privacy &#038; Compliance<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-28 profile type-profile status-publish hentry office-orc\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/profile\/mia-r-bott\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2016\/04\/mia_bott_portrait_650px.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Mia Bott\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Mia R. Bott<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Executive Director, Finance &#038; Administration<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-57326 profile type-profile status-publish hentry office-ehs\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/profile\/charanjit-sony-heir\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2025\/05\/Sony-Heir.jpg\" alt=\"Charanjit (Sony) Heir\" width=\"140\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Charanjit (Sony) Heir<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Executive Director, Occupational and Environmental Health &#038; Safety<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-19067 profile type-profile status-publish hentry office-orc\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/profile\/pamela-richmond\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2019\/09\/PJR-Pic-e1679338670681.jpg\" alt=\"Pamela Richmond\" width=\"128\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Pamela Richmond<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Executive Director, Research Compliance<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n<h3>Staff<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/offices-contacts\/directory\/?num=1&amp;office=orc%2Casc%2Canimal-welfare-program%2Ccoi-export-control-program%2Ccrc-irb%2Cehs%2Csafety-committees-program\">Full Research Compliance staff directory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/research\/files\/2025\/05\/Research-Compliance-Org-Chart.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Org Chart<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Addresses, Telephone &amp; Fax<\/h3>\n<p><span>1 Silber Way, 9th Floor Boston, MA 02215 and 85 E. Newton St., (M) 810 Boston, MA 02118<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Other Helpful Links<\/h2>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Services Research Compliance helps BU faculty, administrators, and staff involved in research comply with city, state, and national laws and regulations, and maintain standards of integrity, quality, and ethics. 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