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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Robert Michael van Dam
University of California Los Angeles, Department: Biochemistry
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SOFIE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
Professor van Dam is the PI and will oversee the research project, and will directly supervise the postdoctoral researchers, advising on research planning and experimental design, analysis of results, on-chip radiosynthesis studies and optimization, and design and prototyping of subsystems and system integration.
Automated microfluidic production of high specific activity PET tracers to enable routine CNS imaging
The proposed research will develop a fully-automated system and optimized protocols for preparation of tracers with very high specific activity for imaging with positron emission tomography (PET). Unlike in many other parts of the body, the biology of the central nervous system (CNS) including the brain requires PET tracers to have very high specific activity for successful imaging without interfering with the physiology of the patient. This technology will provide a critical tool in the research and development of new diagnostics and therapies for CNS disorders, accelerating the translation of research from basic biology into human health.
Filed on June 17, 2015.
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Robert Michael van Dam filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert van Dam | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | SOFIE BIOSCIENCES, INC | $350,000 - $399,999 |
| Robert van Dam | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | Sofie Biosciences | $350,000 - $399,999 |
| Robert Michael van Dam | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | SOFIE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | $40,000 - $59,999 |
| Robert van Dam | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | SOFIE BIOSCIENCES, INC | $5,000 - $9,999 |
| Robert Michael van Dam | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | SOFIE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Robert van Dam | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | SOFIE BIOSCIENCES, INC | Value cannot be readily determined |
Notes: When a more specific filing date is not available for an individual financial disclosure or conflict of interest form, we use the year the form was filed. If the year was not disclosed, we report the range of years covered by our public records requests. In a few cases, a start date was provided instead of a filing date. In those cases, we use the start date instead.
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