Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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Miriam Cremer
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Com Cwru, Department: Surgery
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Basic Health International
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
Dr. Cremer is the founder of Basic Health International. Basic Health International’s mission is to eradicate cervical cancer globally. The Cleveland Clinic Innovation Management and Conflict of Interest Committee found that Dr. Cremer has a Significant Financial Interest (SFI) in Basic Health International since she makes more than (b)(4) from BHI and that the SFI is related to the research. The SFI itself is unlikely to be affected, since BHI is committed to the principle that “compensation must be reasonable, deliberated, at arm’s length and non-excessive”. However, the SFI is an entity whose financial interest could be affected by way of increased donations should the research be successful. The research relates to better cervical cancer care and screening in a low resource setting. The Committee also determined that the SFI could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct or reporting of the research since Dr. Cremer as principal investigator is responsible for the overall design, conduct and reporting of the research.
CryoPen: An Innovative Treatment for Cervical Precancer in Low-Resource Setting
Most (90%) cervical cancer occurs in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). Standard treatment for cervical precancer in these settings, nitrous oxide (N2O) - based cryotherapy, can be expensive, difficult to procure, and hard to transport. The public health significance of this application is that we will transform a non-gas based ablative device, the CryoPen(R) Cryosurgical System, into an inexpensive and easily transportable cryotherapy device, specifically for use in LMICs that can be used by any level of health care provider.
Filed on January 14, 2019.
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Miriam Cremer filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miriam Cremer | Cleveland Clinic Lerner Com Cwru | Conflict of Interest | Basic Health International | $200,000 - $249,999 |
| Miriam Cremer | Cleveland Clinic Lerner Com Cwru | Conflict of Interest | Basic Health International | $200,000 - $249,999 |
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