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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Richard Friesner
Columbia University Health Sciences, Department: Biochemistry
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Schrodinger LLC
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
Dr. Friesner owns equity in Schrodinger; is a member of the company’s board of directors and scientific advisory board; and receives consulting fees. In addition, Schrodinger has licensed intellectual property (code) from Columbia arising from Dr. Friesner’s Columbia lab, and has commercialized software that incorporates this code. The trainee’s research under this T32 relates to “PLOP,” one of the Friesner Lab programs that Schrodinger has licensed from Columbia, and the company may benefit from the outcome of the research under this grant. In light of these facts, Columbia has made an interim determination that the design, conduct, and/or reporting of this research could be affected by Dr. Friesner’s financial interests in Schrodinger. Review is ongoing, and we will provide an update if a change to this determination, or the interim management plan described below, is revised.
(Please note that Dr. Friesner also receives royalties from the awardee institution, i.e., through Columbia University, exceeding $5,000 per year.)
Training Program in Molecular Biophysics
The goal of this Program is to provide predoctoral students with unique educational and research training in molecular biophysics that capitalizes an outstanding environment of 28 training laboratories from five Departments and two campuses at Columbia University.
Filed on July 22, 2013.
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| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Friesner | Columbia University Health Sciences | Conflict of Interest | Schrodinger LLC | Value cannot be readily determined |
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