Senior Associate General Counsel - Research & Academic Medicine

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Job Description: Position overview The Senior Associate General Counsel for Research & Academic Medicine serves as the primary in-house legal partner to Brown University's research enterprise and the University's affiliations with academic medical institutions. This is a specialized role for an attorney with deep expertise in federal research compliance, sponsored programs, and the legal and regulatory frameworks unique to R1 research universities and academic medical centers. At the same time, the Senior Associate General Counsel will be expected to function as a member of a highly collaborative and collegial in-house team and to address other legal issues prompted by the research enterprise. The position carries a sophisticated, high-stakes practice spanning federal grant law, technology transfer, academic medicine affiliations, and intellectual property - with significant exposure to federal agencies, health system partners, and a broad range of academic stakeholders. Depending on experience, this role may be structured at the Associate General Counsel level. Primary responsibilities 1. Research enterprise counsel Serve as primary legal advisor to Brown's Division of Research, with particular focus on the legal and compliance dimensions of sponsored research, both federally and non-federally funded. Client groups also include The Warren Alpert Medical School, the School of Public Health, the School of Engineering, University Compliance, and Strategic Procurement and Contracts. Advise on the full lifecycle of federal and private grants and contracts, including award terms, subawards, cost-sharing arrangements, effort reporting, and close-out obligations. Assist with the implementation and receipt of non-federal sponsorship and funding arrangements, including industry-sponsored research, foundation grants, and philanthropic support for research programs. Counsel on federal research compliance requirements including those of NIH, NSF, DOD, DOE, and other major grant-making agencies - including human subjects protections, animal welfare, export controls, and research security (including NSPM-33 requirements). Advise on federal reporting and disclosure obligations, including Section 117 of the Higher Education Act (foreign gift and contract reporting), CHIPS Act research security requirements, and related compliance frameworks. Counsel on data privacy and protection requirements affecting research activities, including HIPAA, GDPR, state privacy laws, and their intersection with human subjects research, clinical trials, and data-sharing arrangements. Advise on research security matters, including development and implementation of institutional research security policies, foreign influence risk assessments, and compliance with federal research security directives. Represent the University in responding to federal agency audits, subpoenas, investigations, and enforcement actions related to sponsored programs. Advise on research misconduct proceedings under federal regulations and University policy. Advise the Institutional Review Board (IRB), Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), and other research oversight committees on regulatory compliance and institutional policy matters. Advise on research-related contracts, including sponsored research agreements, clinical trial agreements, data use agreements, material transfer agreements, and collaboration agreements with domestic and international partners. 2. Academic medicine & health system affiliations Serve as primary University counsel for Brown's relationships with its affiliated health systems - Care New England and Brown University Health - and related hospitals and physician organizations. Negotiate and advise on affiliation agreements, undergraduate medical education (UME) and graduate medical education (GME) affiliation agreements, and clinical training agreements governing the participation of students, residents, and fellows across affiliated institutions. Advise on legal strategies for addressing misconduct, conflict, or performance issues involving faculty who are employed by affiliated health systems but hold academic appointments or UME teaching roles at the University. Serve as a legal partner to the Medical School leadership in ensuring that clinical teaching sites maintained by health systems or affiliated physician practices meet LCME (Liaison Committee on Medical Education) standards including requirements for a safe and non-discriminatory learning environment. Serve as lead University counsel for the Brown Innovation and Research Collaborative for Health (BIRCH). Advise on trademark licensing and brand use issues, including those arising from health system partnerships. Advise on the legal and regulatory aspects of the UME learning environment, including investigating and resolving reports of student mistreatment or faculty misconduct occurring within affiliated clinical sites. 3. Intellectual property Serve as lead in-house

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