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Upon completion of this activity, learners will be able to:
Define research misconduct.
Identify guidelines pertaining to research misconduct.
Identify the best ways to promote responsible research practices.
References
Case from Shamoo & Resni, 2009 RCR textbook, 2nd ed.
Davis MS, Riske-Morris M, & SR Diaz. Causal Factors Implicated in Research Misconduct: Evidence from ORI Case Files, Sci Eng Ethics (2007) 13:395-414
Fanelli D (2009) How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survey Data.
PLoS ONE 4(4): e5738. doi: 10. 1371/journal.pone.0005738 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0005738
Images from ORI’s Introduction to Responsible Conduct of Research, Steneck, N.
Office of Research Integrity
Speaker(s): Leah Eisenberg JD, MA
Speaker(s) bio
Leah Eisenberg is a clinical ethicist at University of Illinois Hospital. Her primary research interests relate to health literacy and improving patient understanding of medical and legal forms, including informed consent, assent, and HIPAA documents, recently through the use of comics. Another current research project involves the actual and perceived obligations of nurses towards pediatric patients in an active shooter event. She is co-editor of the Clinical Ethics case series in The American Journal of Bioethics. Another of her interests is graphic medicine. Prior to coming to UIC, she was Associate Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). While there, she taught, served on two IRBs, directed the research ethics service, and was a clinical ethics consultant at both UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the only children’s hospital in the state. Leah completed a fellowship in Bioethics Research at Mayo Clinic after earning a MA in Bioethics from Case Western Reserve University and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
