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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Sean Whittier
University of Kansas Lawrence, Department: Pharmacology
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Hafion, LLC
Salary not from the awardee Institution
Dr. Whittier is the Hafion PI for the subcontract associated with this project. Dr. Whittier is a part-time KU Associate Researcher, and employed, part-time, as a Hafion scientist. He does not report to the (KU) PI of this project in his KU role. Dr. Wendy Picking is Hafion CEO and (KU) PI on this project. This project was included in Dr. Whittier’s management plan to ensure appropriate separation between University and company role and resources.
Vaccines to counter emerging antibiotic resistance
Vaccination may be the greatest public health achievement of our time. As antibiotic resistance becomes more prevalent among pathogenic bacteria, vaccines will become even more important, however, many vaccines being developed only work against a narrow range of bacteria, even within a single genus or species, due to being ?serotype-specific.? To overcome this limitation, we have developed a new vaccine strategy that provides protection across serotype, strain and species boundaries. This nanoparticle-antigen platform will provide broad protection against pathogenic Shigella, Salmonella and Pseudomonas. Furthermore, it will provide preventative measure that overcomes the increasing development of antibiotic resistance in these important pathogens.
Filed on July 30, 2018.
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