Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Robert Nobles, DrPH, MPH, serves as the Vice President for Research Administration at Emory University. Within Emory Nobles leads the research administrative and compliance departments [Strategic Operations, Strategic Training, Clinical Research, Research Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, Environmental Health and Safety, Human Research Protections/IRB, Animal Welfare Program/IACUC, Research Administration Services, Research Grants and Contracts, Sponsored Programs, Tech Transfer] with more than 500 team members providing outstanding services that catalyze research excellence. Daily, Nobles and team are responsible for providing the foundation for the research growth that Emory continues to experience while pursuing discovery. As an example of scope, in fiscal year 2024, Emory received $1.1 Billion in total research funding awards. Of the overall total, more than $750 million came from federal research funding awards. As the Vice President for Research Administration, Nobles promotes Emory’s research growth through oversight and execution of a strategic direction and effective operations for research enterprise wide. Nobles also fosters the scholarly work of faculty, facilitate multidisciplinary initiatives, support innovative technology-transfer and commercialization programs, and strives to increase funding support from all sources, while nurturing positive external relationships. Nationally, Nobles served as the immediate past Vice Chair on the Board of Directors for Public Responsibility for Medicine & Research (PRIM&R), and currently serves on Executive Committee for the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP), and was the creator/past facilitator of the Association for Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU) Council on Research - Research Leaders Fellowship.
WS8 - The Role of the Institutional Official in Facilitating Ethical and Compliant Research
Sunday, November 17, 2024
1:00 PM – 4:15 PM PT
D19 - Do Institutional Officials (IOs) Understand Ethics?
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM PT
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM PT