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The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Feinberg) Office for Regulatory Affairs supports faculty and staff in their commitment to follow university policies and standards of conduct to ensure they act ethically and in compliance with all applicable laws. The Office's responsibilities include:

• Identifying regulatory compliance obligations; 
• Educating faculty and staff relative to the overall objectives of the Feinberg compliance program and specific substantive areas of compliance;
• Establishing procedures to prevent, investigate, and correct non-compliance;
• Resolving compliance issues;
• Managing the Joint Annual Disclosure of External Professional Relationships Survey process on behalf of Feinberg, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC), Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation (NMFF), The Children's Memorial Medical Center (Children's Memorial), and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC);
• Overseeing and coordinating the efforts of the Feinberg Conflict of Interest Committee (COIC); and,
• Monitoring and ensuring the timeliness of Feinberg faculty effort reporting.