Integrity in Research
On July 17, the Office of Research Integrity of the Public Health Service (PHS) proposed a new policy requiring universities receiving federal grant dollars to set up educational programs for scientists doing all kinds of research.
The proposal specifies 10 content areas that must be covered by new training programs. Only one of them relates to research with human subjects.
The other content areas include a myriad of other ethical issues facing researchers, including the use of animals, collaborative science and conflict of interest.
The proposed policy would affect grantees of any PHS agency, including the Centers for Disease Control.
If the proposal passes, the government would require Harvard to prove that it had established a comprehensive educational program for its scientists.
That would greatly increase the number of people required to undergo ethics training.
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