Office of Research Integrity and Assurance (ORIA)

East Hill Office Building

Suite 320

395 Pine Tree Rd.

Ithaca, NY 14850

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The Office of Research Integrity and Assurance (ORIA) supports the Cornell research community by providing guidance on research integrity and responsible conduct of research (RCR). ORIA oversees research compliance programs for all aspects of RCR in research integrity, financial conflicts of interest related to research, export and import controls, research with live vertebrate animals, human participants, and regulated biological materials. ORIA establishes research integrity and research assurance in the following functional areas:


Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC)	Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)	Institutional Review Board (IRB)	Conflicts of Interests (COI )	Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)	Export Controls	Research Security

How can ORIA help?

ORIA supports the research community by providing guidance on:

Preparing required protocols
Understanding state and federal regulations
Explaining University policies governing research and compliance
Providing individual or group training sessions
Reporting allegations of research or research-related misconduct

Contact ORIA to discuss how we can help you with a specific topic, compliance issues, guidance on regulations, or provide a general overview of the Office of Research Integrity and Assurance.

		Topic	Email Contact
		ORIA General Overview	crco_compliance@cornell.edu
		Conflicts of Interest	coi@cornell.edu
		Export Controls	exportcontrols@cornell.edu
		Regulated Biological Materials in Research	Cu_ibc@cornell.edu
		Responsible Conduct of Research	rcr@cornell.edu
		Research Integrity	crco_compliance@cornell.edu
		Reporting Research Misconduct	Ethical Conduct & Compliance Hotline
		Research Security	exportcontrols@cornell.edu
		Research with Human Participants	irbhp@cornell.edu or schedule
		Working with Vertebrate Animals	IACUC@cornell.edu

ORIA Leadership

Chief Research Compliance Officer; Research Integrity Officer
Mark F. Hurwitz, Ph.D., P.E.
crco_compliance@cornell.edu

Director of Research Assurance
Christine Bellezza, DVM
cab37@cornell.edu

Director of Research Integrity and Security; Export Control and Compliance Officer
Sarah Schlagter, Esq.
sms655@cornell.edu

Pages for Committee Members

ORIA works with faculty oversight committees and boards to promote the ethical conduct of research and to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. More details on each committee can be found in the following: