Archives: Announcements

Published December 17, 2020 Dear Colleagues, We would like to make our clinical research community aware of the updated changes BJC made to their PPE. Eye protection was added for all patient encounters in a BJC inpatient or outpatient area in response to substantial increase in community spread. If you are participating in clinical research […]

Published December 7, 2020 Research Management System (RMS) Upgrade – December 2020 The Research Management System (RMS) upgrade is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Friday, December 11, 2020. Users will not be allowed to access RMS after 5 p.m. on Friday, December 11, 2020. All RMS activity required for applications that are due […]

Published November 23, 2020 The Research Management System (RMS) upgrade is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Friday, December 11, 2020. Users will not be allowed to access RMS after 5 p.m. on Friday, December 11, 2020. All RMS activity required for applications that are due December 11-13 must be completed by 5 p.m. […]

Published on November 16, 2020 Last Friday, we hosted a Town Hall for researchers at WashU and discussed the increase of reported COVID-19 cases in the St. Louis region and across the U.S. Our guest speaker, Victoria Fraser, MD, provided her keen perspective and insights into the current crisis. A recording of the Town Hall […]

Published on November 11, 2020 Dear Researchers, As noted in Chancellor Martin’s email last Friday, we are seeing a dramatic increase in the number of reported cases in the US, and the COVID-19 positivity rate in the St. Louis metro area is rapidly climbing. It is important for us to avoid COVID transmission in our research […]

Published November 5, 2020 As announced previously, a new web-based SUBSystem was developed to replace the current AIS-based system. The new version of SUBS is scheduled to go-live on December 1, 2020.​SUBSystem PageA new SUBSystem page​ is available on research.washu.edu. Currently, the page houses training resources and information relating to the go-live of the new SUBSystem. A login link to […]

Published on October 30, 2020 Dear Researchers, As most of you are aware from recent news, COVID cases are dramatically increasing in the St. Louis region and across the US. At this time, current models predict steep increases in COVID cases and hospitalizations which could continue through the winter and be worse than this past March […]

Published on October 23, 2020 Dear Researchers, Many of you may be aware that the alert level on the Danforth Campus was changed from Yellow to Orange today. This change was prompted by a rise in COVID cases in the St. Louis area, which is disturbing news for all of us. The good news is […]

Published October 19, 2020 Dear Laboratory Researchers, During the Lab Research Yellow Level (https://research.washu.edu/covid19/) we had asked labs to restrict their overall in-person laboratory activity to 60-80% of pre-COVID activity. This restriction was put in place to keep the density in our labs as low as possible. School and University Leadership has recognized that this […]

Published October 6, 2020 Dear Faculty, Staff and Trainees, Recently, the OVCR conducted a Laboratory Research Ramp-up Survey to get feedback since transitioning to the Yellow Level. We wanted to know about your recent experiences with the communications, access, adherence to guidelines, screening process, productivity barriers, and any other issues or challenges with the ramp-up process. The […]