UTHSCH’s Research Conflicts of Interest Policy (HOOP 23.1) addresses the importance of ensuring financial interests do not affect, or
appear to affect, the design, conduct or reporting
of research or compromise the protection of human subjects. The institution's applicable procedures are summarized below.
Disclosure Investigators disclose significant financial interests that may be impacted by proposed or ongoing research;
Review
The Research Conflicts of Interest Committee reviews the disclosed financial interests and advises the Executive Vice President for Research if strategies should be implemented to eliminate, reduce or manage the conflicts of interest in order to approve the research.
When reviewing significant financial interests in human subjects research, the institution applies the rebuttable presumption standard (i.e., individuals with significant financial interests may not conduct the research unless there are compelling circumstances);
Management
General strategies typically include education/training on conflicts of interest and disclosure of financial interests in publications, presentations, and the informed consent process and to individuals/groups that may be impacted by the interests (e.g. trainees, colleagues, research sponsors).