Dollars for Profs

Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest

Published Dec. 6, 2019

This database was last updated in December 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. There may be new or amended records not reflected here.

Financial doc
Filing Type

Conflict of Interest

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Ralph Weichselbaum

University of Chicago, Department: Genetics

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

Onosenescence

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)

Dr. Weichselbaum has been involved in developing oncolytic herpes simplex viruses (oHSV). He has also been involved in developing radiation therapy systems for cancer treatment. Onosenescence is a start up company that screens for drugs that induce tumor cell senescence and senescent tumor cell vaccines. There is on-going work in his lab related to this company. The University has evaluated the work, and believes a potential conflict of interest might exist with the study "Radiation within the tumor microenvironment".

Listed Research Project
Radiation response within the tumor microenvironment

Narrative Radiation therapy is a widely used treatment for cancer, but cures a minority of patients. One hypothesis is that inadequate blood flow in tumors protects some cells from radiation. This project will use advanced imaging methods to examine how radiation affects cancer cells in experimental tumors, and how this relates to blood flow. We will then apply systems biology approaches to begin to model how cancer cells survive radiation and how we might achieve better results.

Filed on February 12, 2013.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
Ralph Weichselbaum University of Chicago Conflict of Interest RefleXion Medical Value cannot be readily determined
Ralph Weichselbaum University of Chicago Conflict of Interest Coordination Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Value cannot be readily determined
Ralph Weichselbaum University of Chicago Conflict of Interest RefleXion Medical Value cannot be readily determined
Ralph Weichselbaum University of Chicago Conflict of Interest RefleXion Medical Value cannot be readily determined
Ralph Weichselbaum University of Chicago Conflict of Interest Onosenescence Value cannot be readily determined
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