Promising Practices and
Innovative Programs in the
Responsible Conduct
of Research

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Elizabeth T. Cady and Joe Alper, Rapporteurs

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PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR PROMISING PRACTICES AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS IN THE RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH

ARTURO CASADEVALL (Chair), Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Alfred and Jill Sommer Professor and chair of the W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

DAVID B. ALLISON, Dean, Distinguished Professor, and Provost Professor, Indiana University Bloomington School of Public Health

RITA R. COLWELL, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland at College Park and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Senior Advisor and Chair Emeritus, Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc., and President and Chair, CosmosID, Inc.

DAVID GEBLER, Senior Manager, Ethics Engagement and Integrated Education, Lockheed Martin

EDWARD J. HACKETT, Professor Emeritus, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University

CHAVONDA JACOBS-YOUNG, Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

MICHAEL KALICHMAN, Retired Founding Director, Research Ethics Program; Center for Ethics in Science and Technology; and Ethics Service, Clinical and Translational Research Institute, University of California, San Diego

FRANCES S. LIGLER, Ross Lampe Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University and the School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Contents

1 Introduction

CONDUCT OF THE WORKSHOP

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

2 The Dual Challenge for RCR: Minds and Systems

BARRIERS TO RCR

DISCUSSION

3 Reproducibility and Data Reuse

RESEARCH MISCONDUCT

INCREASING TRANSPARENCY AND REPRODUCIBILITY

DISCUSSION

BREAKOUT DISCUSSION

4 Designing Assessments and Measuring Outcomes

DESIGNING AN EVALUATION

WHAT MAKES FOR A SUCCESSFUL ASSESSMENT

DISCUSSION

5 Online Ethics Center

6 RCR Training Exemplars

YOUNG SCIENTISTS NETWORK-ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-MALAYSIA

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY

NATIONAL CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH ETHICS (NCPRE)

INSTITUTIONAL RE-ENGINEERING OF ETHICAL DISCOURSE IN STEM

DATA STEWARDSHIP AT DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

CRITICAL THINKING AND RESEARCH ETHICS IN BIOMEDICINE AND BEYOND

NYU-UNIVERSITY OF GHANA RESEARCH INTEGRITY TRAINING PROGRAM

BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS

7 Creative Approaches to RCR

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS, PART 1

BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS, PART 2

8 Concluding Remarks

References

Appendix A Workshop Agenda

Appendix B Biographic Sketches of Workshop Speakers

Acronyms and Abbreviations

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