RESEARCH ETHICS AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT

BIOCHEM/BMOLCHEM 701

Introductory training in the practical aspects of being a graduate-level scientist and the professional standards and expectations of ethical researchers. Covers a wide variety of professional development topics, including choosing a research laboratory and a thesis mentor, transitioning to self-education, managing stress in graduate school, and the importance of diversity in science. Ethics topics include conflicts of interest, the protection of human subjects, the welfare of laboratory animals and workers, safe laboratory spaces, mentor and mentee responsibilities, collaborative research, peer review, data acquisition and data management practices, research misconduct, responsible authorship and publication, contemporary ethical issues in biomedical research, and the roles of responsible scientists in society. Covers all NIH-recommended topics for Responsible Conduct of Research, thus meeting the requirements for trainees involved in NIH-sponsored research programs.

ONCOLOGY 715

A review and discussion of the fundamentals of ethical issues in science.

KINES 862

Explore the ethical dilemmas faced by researchers across biomedical and nonbiomedical research and consider how to best support scientific integrity and public trust. Fulfill NIH training requirements for the responsible conduct of research. Identify the regulatory guidelines and ethical frameworks and principles guiding research ethics and responsible research conduct. Develop the skills to make ethically informed decisions in relation to their research and training.

PATH 755

Meets the NIH Institutional Training Grant requirements covering all ten of targeted areas in biomedical research. Subject matter incorporates the following topics for instruction: 1) Conflict of interest - personal, professional, and financial; 2) Policies regarding human subjects, and rigor and reproducibility in clinical research; 3) Policies regarding live vertebrate animal subjects, rigor and reproducibility and transparency in pre-clinical research, and safe laboratory practices; 4) Mentor and mentee responsibilities and relationships; 5) Collaborative research including collaborations with industry; 6) Peer review; 7) Data acquisition and laboratory tools (management, sharing and ownership); 8) Research misconduct and policies for handling misconduct; 9) Responsible authorship and publication; 10) The scientist as a responsible member of society, contemporary ethical issues in biomedical research, and the environmental and societal impacts of scientific research.

PHARMACY 800

Familiarizes graduate students with basic ethical issues associated with biomedical science research, taught via a case study approach. Content structured to meet NIH and NSF requirements for Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training. Students declared in the Pharmacology and Toxicology undergraduate program may enroll via consent of instructor.