eResearch Animal Management Project ( eRAM )

UL Presentation – 6/29/2010

Business Overview and Scope Project Guiding Principles Project Schedule Department Sponsors Project Governance Model Project Information

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Monitor and track timelines for review and approval to increase efficiency

Track the data from the different interactions we have with Principal Investigators

Allow us to use existing systems at the University

Create our application based on our Principal Investigator needs and our regulatory needs

Replaces current eSirius application

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Animal Ordering◦ Principal Investigators and labs will be able to place their

orders for animals on-line◦ Track orders and delivery

Manage Animal Census◦ Maintain animal numbers by species, by room, by building◦ Principal Investigators and labs will be able to track their

cages on a real-time basis Billing and Invoicing

◦ Principal Investigators will be able to access monthly ULAM invoices for animal orders, per diem and technical services

◦ Upload ULAM invoice data into Mpathways/General Ledger

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Cost Accounting◦ Maintain cost data by cost center/species◦ Review expense data ◦ Review and set-up of recharge rates for

Per Diem Technical services

Enhanced reporting capability In house support of work tool

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Minimize administrative burden on faculty and staff who prepare, review, and approve applications.

Provide necessary protocol and animal management data for investigator, unit, and institutional management, serving as the single source for protocol and animal management data.

Maintain a balance between minimum requirements needed to submit a protocol and desire for more institutional data.

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Maintain a balance between unit flexibility and institutional consistency with ease of use being the prevailing criterion.

Maintain compatibility with existing institutional systems.

Maintain a high level of sensitivity to the need to balance transparency of information against the need for the safety and security of investigators.

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Phase 1 UCUCA◦ Go Live – Q1, 2011

Phase 2 ULAM ◦ Go Live Q4, 2011

Q=calendar year quarter

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Teri Grieb, Director of Administration for Research, Office of Research

Steve Kunkel, Senior Associate Dean of Research

Judy Nowack, Associate Vice President for Research

Stephen Forrest, Vice President for Research

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ITS Team UCUCA Team ULAM TeamJerry Speers – Project Manager

Jessica Durkin – UCUCA Manager

Anitha Chennat– ULAM Manager

Camille Cooper – Sr. Business Systems Analyst

Millard Elder – MSIS Business Systems Analyst

Millard Elder – MSIS Business Systems Analyst

Jan Marten – Business Systems Analyst/Performance Support Analyst

Julie Laundree – UCUCA Office Manager

Caleb Smith - Business Systems Analyst

UCUCA Committee

Elise Stempky - Sr. Business Systems Analyst

PI Input

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Team Member

Jerry Speers ITS Project ManagerLois Brako Regulatory Affairs, OVPRSherry Cogswell University AuditsMartin Sarter Charles M Butter Collegiate Professor of

Psychology and Professor of PsychologyMelissa Dyson Laboratory Animal MedicineHoward Rush Laboratory Animal MedicinePatricia Ward Regulatory Affairs, UMHS

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Where to find Project updates on eRAM http://www.umich.edu/~eresinfo/am.html

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Questions?

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