COI in the News

• Ornstein, Charles and Thomas, Katie "Their Industry Ties in Medical Journal Studies. And Journals Are Doing Little to Enforce Their Rules" ProPublica and The New York Times, December 8, 2018

• Recht, Ben, Forsyth, David A. and Efros, Alexei "You Cannot Serve Two Masters: The Harms of Dual Affiliation" Blog August 9, 2018

• Ornstein, Charles and Thomas, Katie "Top Cancer Researcher Fails to Disclose Corporate Financial Ties in Major Research Journals." New York Times, September 8, 2018

• Karlin-Smith, Sarah and Ehley, Brianna, "Trump's top health official traded tobacco stock while leading anti-smoking efforts." Politico, January 30, 2018

• Ellis, Blake and Hicken, Melanie, "Drugmaker paid doctors with problem records to promote its pill." CNN, December 4, 2017

• Ellis, Blake and Hicken, Melanie, "Drugmaker's ties to nonprofits pose 'conflict of interest'." CNN, November 3, 2017

• Asimov, Nanette, “UCSF Medical Center CEO profits from firms doing business with hospital.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 18, 2016 

• Sah, Sunita, “The Paradox of Disclosure.” The New York Times, Sunday Review, July 8, 2016

• Johnson, Carolyn Y., “A new model for training scientists could create a conflict of interest.” The Washington Post, March 19, 2016 

• Skibba, Ramin, “California’s struggle over the chemical BPA continues.” The Mercury News, July 2, 2016 

• Evans, Gary, “Maryland reviews research policies after paid PI reports no COI.” AHC Media: Continuing Medical Education Publishing, 2016-04-18 

• Hadland, SE, Krieger, MS, Marshall, BDL. Industry Payments to Physicians for Opioid Products. American Journal for Public Health. 2017; 107(9):2013-2015.

Federal Regulations & Policies

• Federal COI Regulations/Federal Register Final Rule (August 25, 2011): 42 C.F.R. 50 Subpart F

• NSF AAG Chapter IV.A contains NSF’s policy on conflict of interest: Grantee Standard IV

• Physician Payment Sunshine Act & Open Payments Website

  • Open Payments on CMS.gov: https://www.cms.gov/openpayments/

  • “Physician Payment Sunshine Act 2009 Introduced”, Policy & Medicine, Jan 22, 2009

Books, Articles, Websites, and other Media

• ORI: Teaching Responsible Conduct of Research in Humans – COI 

• Research studies suggest that relationships with industry, gifts from industry, and financial interests affect behavior 

• Carrick-Hagenbarth, J., Epstein, G.A., “Dangerous interconnectedness: economists’ conflict of interest, ideology and financial crisis.” Cambridge Journal of Economics 2012, 36, 43-63. 

• Greenberg, Daniel S. (2007) “Science for Sale: The Perils, Rewards, and Delusions of Campus Capitalism.” The University of Chicago Press: Chicago and London.

• COI Case Studies
            Dr. David Heimbach & Citizens for Fire Safety
            Bruce and Jill Maxey & the University of Illinois 
            Dr. Pearson Sunderland