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Goal of Maintaining Public's Trust Brings Research Groups Together on Conflict-of-Interest Guidelines
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In the wake of the implementation of conflict-of-interest (COI) guidelines at the National Institutes of Health that are among the most stringent of any at federal, private, or public research institutions, a group of universities has made official what was once an informal conflict-of-interest discussion group.
The Conflict of Interest Working Group, which represents about 70 institutions, including 18 of the top 20 NIH grantee institutions, decided in early September that it would affiliate with the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) to become a center for COI issues.
"There is no professional organization solely focused on these issues in universities, and we understand the increasing need for a dedicated forum for professionals who develop these policies and implement them," said Julie Gottlieb, assistant dean for policy coordination at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.
Gottlieb was one of two university COI experts who started meeting with other
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