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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Hao Zhang
Northwestern University, Department: None
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Opticent Health
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
The research is related to the focus of an entity in which Professor Zhang has significant financial interests, Opticent Health. This research involves exploring a novel method using visible-light optical coherence tomography (vis Optical Coherence Tomography - OCT). Opticent Health is working to produce a next generation OCT device with improved resolution over existing devices and the ability to determine functional information about imaged vasculature. The close intersection of this research and Professor Zhang’s Opticent Health’s interests, particularly relative to OCT, results in the perception of a conflict of interest that should be managed.
A clinically applicable model of retinal oxygen metabolism
Project Narrative Through a combination of oximetry and blood flow measurements, it has become possible to measure the total amount of oxygen extracted from the retinal circulation (IR-MRO2), which may be important in understanding the progression of diseases such as diabetes, glaucoma, and vascular occlusion. However, to make these measurements most useful, it is necessary to understand how IR-MRO2 corresponds to the amount of oxygen actually used in the inner retina (IR-QO2), which is the parameter of real interest. Here we will perform mathematical analysis and experiments combining visible light optical coherence tomography with oxygen microelectrode measurements in rats to create a model that relates IR-MRO2 to IR-QO2 in rats and ultimately in humans.
Filed on February 02, 2017.
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| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hao Zhang | Northwestern University | Conflict of Interest | Opticent Health | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Hao Zhang | Northwestern University at Chicago | Conflict of Interest | Opticent Health | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Hao Zhang | Northwestern University | Conflict of Interest | Opticent Health | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Hao Zhang | University of Wisconsin Madison | Conflict of Interest | Opticent Health | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Hao Zhang | Florida International University | Conflict of Interest | Opticent Health | Value cannot be readily determined |
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