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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Brett Bouma
Massachusetts General Hospital, Department: Na
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NinePoint Medical, Inc.
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
NinePoint Medical develops medical devices for high-resolution in-vivo imaging. This project involves a direct collaboration with NinePoint Medical to develop a new optical bronchoscopy tool. The Co-Chairs of Partners HealthCare Committee on Outside Activities evaluated the financial interest in connection with this research 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.
Increasing the diagnostic yield of low-risk bronchial biopsy in the evaluation of
The development of new optical imaging tools to conduct microscopy in patients to guide biopsy acquisition may increase the diagnostic yield of low-risk bronchial biopsy in the assessment of lung cancer by ensuring that sufficient tumor tissue is obtained for diagnosis and molecular profiling. This may lead to fewer unnecessary high-risk surgical procedures for diagnosis, or delays in diagnosis due to serial CT imaging and, when combined with appropriate screening techniques, may lead to earlier detection and subsequent treatment of lung cancer, which will ultimately save lives.
Filed on September 29, 2014.
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Brett Bouma filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Bouma | Massachusetts General Hospital | Conflict of Interest | NinePoint Medical, Inc. | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Brett Bouma | Massachusetts General Hospital | Conflict of Interest | NinePoint Medical | Value cannot be readily determined |
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