Dollars for Profs

Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest

Published Dec. 6, 2019

This database was last updated in December 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. There may be new or amended records not reflected here.

Financial doc
Filing Type

Conflict of Interest

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Sebastian Schneeweiss

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department: Na

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

Aetion, Inc.

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)

Dr. Schneeweiss, a co-founder of Aetion, Inc., owns equity in the private company and receives cash compensation from the company for consulting services. The company develops a data analytics platform for evidence based health care decision-making. The projects will use Aetion software for data analysis. The results of the projects could help Aetion enhance and/or refine its data analytics platform. The Partners Committee on Outside Activities review panel evaluated the financial interest in connection with this research project and determined that, based on the close connection between the company's interests and the research, the financial interest could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct, or reporting of the research.

Listed Research Project
Randomized Cardiovascular Trials Duplicated Using Prospective Longitudinal Insurance Claims: Applying Techniques of Epidemiology (RCT DUPLICATE)

Project Narrative The proposed project provides fundamental knowledge on what types of clinical questions can be answered with real world data and with which methods. Findings will impact public health by improving the conduct of real world data studies and increasing confidence in their results, allowing for improved treatment decision- making even in the absence of randomized trial evidence.

Filed on April 01, 2019.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
Sebastian Schneeweiss Brigham and Women's Hospital Conflict of Interest Aetion, Inc. Value cannot be readily determined
Sebastian Schneeweiss Brigham and Women's Hospital Conflict of Interest Aetion, Inc. Value cannot be readily determined
Sebastian Schneeweiss Brigham and Women's Hospital Conflict of Interest Aetion, Inc. $200,000 - $249,999
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