Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR): Conflicts of Interest

Date: 

Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Armenise Amphitheater, 200 Longwood Ave.
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Description:
Today, no topic in a course on the responsible conduct of research seems as controversial as conflicts of interest.  As a starting point, ask yourself: why is the issue so contentious?  Why are opinions so strongly held?  From the perspective of ethics: what human values are at stake?  Our approach in this section, as in all others, is not to presuppose “right” answers.  Rather, we expect you to approach this subject with the same intellectual honesty and rigor you would approach a scientific or clinical question.
You have a little more reading to do in this section.  The reason for this is because in the sea of professional opinion that exists about conflicts of interest and science, it is important to canvass all angles – we hope that whatever opinion you end up holding is based on a modicum of evidence and not just anecdotal experience or personal intuition.
RCR course is run by the HMS Center for Bioethics.
Course Directors: Sadath A. Sayeed, MD, JD and James Gould, PhD
RCR is required for ALL HMS/HSDM postdocs.