RESEARCH ETHICS: SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY AND THE RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH

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.

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.

NURSING 802

Ethical issues in the design, conduct and reporting of research are examined in the context of the nature of the scientific endeavor, the structure of the research community, and professional and federal guidelines for supporting scientific integrity and controlling misconduct.

PHARMACY 801

Explores basic ethical issues associated with biomedical science research, particularly as pertains to the development of drugs and emergent pharmaceutical therapies, such as psychoactive-assisted therapies.

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.