RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS

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.

BME 300

Work on a client-centered biomedical engineering design project to learn leadership styles, concept generation, product analysis, specifications, evaluation, regulation, and ethics. Provide leadership and mentorship to students inB M E 200.

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.

BME 701

Presentation of advancements in biomedical engineering research by leaders in the field, accompanied by critical analysis of related literature.

BME 301

Technical communication for biomedical engineering practice applied to real-world, client-based projects including research methods, documentation, preparing and critiquing reports, ethical problem solving, diversity and inclusion, presenting, and professional development.