The College of Medicine Office of Research (COMOR) provides the resources, expertise and support that your team needs to navigate institutional and regulatory requirements with confidence.
Compliance protects patients, research participants and the baseline integrity of the scientific process.
Maintaining a strong culture of compliance allows our research community to:
- Safeguard integrity through data accuracy, privacy protection and regulatory risk reduction.
- Secure funding and protect funding eligibility by meeting federal and institutional standards.
- Build trust with reliable, reproducible results that reinforce public and academic confidence.
Resources and institutional expectations
To ensure the highest standard of safety, ethics and legal responsibility, all investigators in the College of Medicine must adhere to institutional frameworks governing research compliance.
- COMOR-C is The Ohio State University College of Medicine's independent human subjects research compliance office. Our authority is delegated by the dean of the College of Medicine, enabling independent, objective oversight while partnering with researchers to promote ethical and compliant human subjects research. This governance structure aligns with recognized federal compliance program principles emphasizing appropriate authority, independence, accountability and a culture of integrity. Learn more on the COMOR-C page (internal access only) or reach out directly at COMResearchCompliance@osumc.edu with any human subjects research compliance questions.
- COMOR Compliance page (internal access only) – Detailed guidelines, policies and procedural resources.
- Office of Research Compliance (ORNC) portal – Connecting investigators and staff to their own dedicated team for specialized regulatory guidance, study design support and compliance oversight specific to the OSUCCC-James.