Dollars for Profs

Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest

Published Dec. 6, 2019

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Financial doc
Filing Type

Conflict of Interest

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Elizabeth Hillman

Columbia University Health Sciences, Department: Pediatrics

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

Leica Microsystems

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

Dr. Hillman has begun a consultancy with Leica Microsystems; she also is an inventor of SCAPE microscopy technology licensed from Columbia to Leica that relates to microscopy technology used in this study. In light of these facts, Columbia found that Dr. Hillman’s significant financial interest in Leica could affect the design, conduct, or reporting of the research.

Listed Research Project
Mechanisms of second heart field development regulated by Nkx genes

PROJECT NARRATIVE Nkx2-5 is a key causative gene associated with congenital heart defects (CHDs) in patients, yet we have limited understanding of its distinct functions in the developing arterial and venous poles of the heart. This project will examine the cellular and molecular mechanisms downstream of Nkx genes in the second heart field of the zebrafish embryo that are responsible for promoting arterial pole formation and limiting venous pole development. These studies will also investigate mutations in novel Nkx targets found in patients with CHDs to enhance our understanding of the molecular etiologies of cardiac outflow and inflow tract anomalies and ultimately to assist in remediation of fetal and neonatal heart pathology.

Filed on March 09, 2017.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
Elizabeth Hillman Columbia University Health Sciences Conflict of Interest Leica Microsystems $40,000 - $59,999
Elizabeth Hillman Columbia University Health Sciences Conflict of Interest Leica Microsystems $40,000 - $59,999
Elizabeth Hillman Columbia University Health Sciences Conflict of Interest Leica Microsystems $40,000 - $59,999
Elizabeth Hillman Columbia University Health Sciences Conflict of Interest Leica Microsystems $40,000 - $59,999
Elizabeth Hillman Columbia University Health Sciences Conflict of Interest Leica Microsystems $40,000 - $59,999
Elizabeth Hillman Columbia University Health Sciences Conflict of Interest Leica Microsystems $40,000 - $59,999
Elizabeth Hillman Columbia University Health Sciences Conflict of Interest Leica Microsystems $40,000 - $59,999
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