Research Education Specialist
University of Kentucky
Belinda Smith, MS, RD, CCRC, Research Education Specialist for the University of Kentucky (UK) Office of Research Integrity (ORI), is responsible for the provision of education programs to all constituents of the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP), consultation and review of FDA-regulated clinical research and HRPP accreditation maintenance. In 2020, the UK Education Program was recognized as an Area of Distinction by AAHRPP. Belinda was instrumental in creating the UK Informed Consent Workshop, From Perception to Process, which received the 2018 Human Research Protect Award of Excellence for Best Practice. Additionally, she has contributed curricula to the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) and is a contributing author to the third edition of IRB Management and Function by Bankert, Gordon, Hurley, and Shriver (Eds).
As a Certified Clinical Research Coordinator for the UK Metabolic Research Group (MRG), she managed NIH, VA, and Industry funded trials in the areas of lipid disorders, diabetes, nutrition, and obesity. She served as the Regulatory and Education Coordinator for the UK Clinical Research Organization from 2000 through 2008. She has co-authored publications and presented at national conferences in the areas of metabolic research, clinical research, and human research protection.