Which of following most accurately describes when investigators pursuing PHS funding are required to disclose their significant financial interests to their institution?
Investigators are required to disclose their significant financial interests no later than the time of applying for PHS funding.
An investigator received $4,000 of consulting income from a publicly traded drug company over the past 12 months. The investigator also owns stock in that company valued at $2,000. The investigator is submitting a grant to the NIH that involves evaluating
The aggregate of the consulting income and the stock exceeds $5,000 and therefore is a significant financial interest.
According to the PHS, the definition of the term "investigator":
Includes anyone involved in the conduct or reporting of research.
According to the PHS regulations, investigators are required to disclose travel sponsored or reimbursed by:
A publicly traded company.
According to the PHS, which of the following would be considered a significant financial interest?
An equity interest valued at $6,000 owned by the investigator's spouse in a company that produces products related to the investigator's institutional responsibilities.
Which of the following statements is true regarding the reporting of outside interests and the management of conflicts?
Investigators must disclose their significant financial interests related to their institutional responsibilities and not just those related to a particular project.
Institutions are required by the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) to do which of the following:
Evaluate whether a significant financial interest is related to an investigator's research and constitutes a financial conflict of interest.
Which of the following financial conflict of interest information must be made available by institutions on a public website or within five business days upon request?
The financial conflicts of interest of senior/key personnel on PHS-funded projects.
The U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) requires institutions to:
Disclose their investigators' new financial conflicts of interest to the PHS awarding component within 60 days of discovering them.
Which of the following statements most accurately describes a mitigation report?
A report to PHS of efforts that will be taken by the institution to deal with any bias that was found in research conducted while there was an unreported financial conflict of interest.
Which statement most accurately describes a conflict of conscience?
It occurs when an individual's personal beliefs could affect the performance or outcome of research
Which statement most accurately describes a conflict of commitment?
It occurs when outside activities interfere with one's responsibilities to an employer.
Which of the following is true regarding conflict of commitment and conflict of conscience policies?
Many institutions have conflict of commitment policies even though they are not strictly required to by federal agencies.
Which of the following is the most appropriate way to handle a conflict of conscience relating to a project?
Notify relevant parties that a conflict may exist and seek advice about whether to accept or decline the project.
Which of the following is most likely to be considered a conflict of commitment?
A researcher cancels laboratory meetings in order to perform consulting work.
Which of the following is true regarding the PHS's approach to the disclosure of significant financial interests?
Any equity interest in a non-publicly traded company must be disclosed