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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Donald Burke
University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh, Department: Public Health & Prev Medicine
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Epistemix, Inc.
Other : IP rights assigned to the University of Pittsburgh and optioned and/or licensed to Epistemix, Inc.
The University of Pittsburgh entered into an agreement with Epistemix, Inc., to license Framework for Reconstructing Epidemiological Dynamics (FRED) intellectual property to the company. The investigator is an inventor on this IP, holds equity in the company, and holds management/officer positions with the company. Funds from this project are being used to evaluate and/or develop this intellectual property.
Computational Models of Infectious Disease Threats
The mission of the Pittsburgh MIDAS Center of Excellence is to protect the United States of America and the global community against communicable infectious disease threats. We will do this by improving our nation's ability to predict the course of potential epidemics, to devise strategies to prevent the emergence or re-emergence of pathogenic microbes, and to respond rapidly to mitigate the impact of a spreading epidemic.
Filed on May 17, 2019.
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Donald Burke filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Burke | University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh | Conflict of Interest | Epistemix, Inc. | Value cannot be readily determined |
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