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Transparency of financial interests is expected in medical research, but our ability to assess bias is limited because disclosures are incomplete, inconsistent, and difficult to access at scale. True transparency involves more than just making conflict of interest disclosures available; they also need to be accessible, accurate, complete, and clear…
In January, another decorated academic from a prestigious American research institution found himself in the crosshairs of a criminal inquiry stemming from alleged undisclosed affiliations with Chinese institutions. On Jan. 28, federal agents arrested Professor Charles Lieber, chair of Harvard University’s chemistry and chemical biology department, and charged him with…
For nearly two decades, Dr. Neal Hermanowicz has led the movement disorders program at UC Irvine, where he earns more than $380,000 a year in salary and bonuses. The widely respected expert on Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases adds to his income by consulting for drug companies. Since 2014, 11 pharmaceutical…
The COI Program would like to extend sincere thanks to the following departments and colleges that have kindly agreed to serve as early adopters of UFOLIO: Anesthesiology Department College of the Arts College of Business College of Education College of Engineering College of Journalism and Communications College of Law College…
Gary Wimsett, Jr., JD, has been named Assistant Vice President for Conflicts of Interest for UF. In this role, Gary will oversee the further development and full implementation of UFOLIO, UF’s online interest organizer for outside activity and financial interest disclosures. In addition, Gary’s new office will become a…
In an effort to streamline, modernize and standardize the way employees report their activities and financial interests, the University of Florida introduced UFOLIO (UF Online Interest Organizer), a new online activities and interests reporting system, which was launched in the Fall of 2019. UFOLIO replaces paper…
