FAQ's on Conflicts of Interest

1. Why is a conflict of interest policy necessary?
2. Isn't disclosure and review of research related financial interests just one more burden for investigators to bear in getting research underway?
3. Won't UTHSCH's Research Conflicts of Interest Policy inhibit rather than facilitate research?
4. Isn't disclosure of personal financial information an invasion of my privacy?
5. What are investigator conflicts of interest in research?
6. What are institutional conflicts of interest in research?
7. How do I know if I have a significant financial interest that should be disclosed because of its potential for creating conflicts of interest in my research?
8. What is the first step in applying UTHSCH's Research Conflicts of Interest Policy?
9. What happens if I have significant financial interests that must be disclosed?
10. What should I do if my significant financial interests change during the award or contract period?
11. How does UTHSCH's Research Conflicts of Interest Committee interface with the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS)?
12. Who has the final say in whether a project goes forward or not?
13. What if I do not agree with the Executive President for Research's decision about how conflicts of interest with my research should be addressed?
14. What are the ways in which a conflict might be managed?
15. How much should research subjects be told about any financial interest?
16. If the project has been reviewed and approved by both the UTHSCH's Research Conflicts of Interest Committee and the the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, why add to the burden of information that a potential research participant has to assimilate?
17. What should I do if my invention or intellectual property is patented?
18. What resources are available to help answer questions I have about UTHSCH's policy/process for addressing research conflicts of interest?