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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Joseph Culver
Washington University, Department: Radiation Diagnostic/oncology
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Cephalogics
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
Based on WU’s Research COI Policy and the Procedures for Determining and Managing Research Financial Conflicts of Interests, the CIRC determined Dr. Culver’s personal financial relationship with Cephalogics, related to the above referenced research, creates a financial conflict of interest due to the following reasons:
• Dr. Culver’s personal financial relationship with Cephalogics is directly related to the research because he invented the DOT device and Cephalogics licenses the IP being evaluated in the research.
• Due to Dr. Culver owning equity in Cephalogics and will earn royalties from the sale and distribution of the licensed technology, he could directly benefit, should the company’s value increase as a result of the research.
• Dr. Culver’s role as a member of the study team in design of the study, collecting/ analyzing/reviewing the data, reporting the results, oversight of the research, supervising individuals involved with the research, and as a mentor and collaborator could directly affect the studies.
While the CIRC determined Dr. Culver has a financial conflict of interest, it concluded adequate protections are in place for the human research participants and sufficient mechanisms exist to ensure the objectivity and integrity of the research based on the following reasons:
• The research risk of the device is very low to the participants.
• Dr. Culver will have no direct interactions with research participants.
• The company does not have an existing option to license new enhancements to the technology that may result from the research.
• Additionally, a plan has been developed to mitigate Dr. Culver’s financial conflict of interest.
IMAGING BRAIN FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS WITH DIFFUSE OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY
It is estimated that ~1/100 children are affected with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), one of the most serious psychiatric disorders of childhood, defined by deficits in social functioning, communication, and restricted interests/repetitive behaviors. Recent advances in functional brain imaging show promise that neural signatures for ASD may provide useful evidence of disorder severity and may even be sensitive to responses to interventional therapies that have been shown to improve quality of life. In this K01 proposal, we will employ diffuse optical tomography, a neuroimaging modality that can image brain function with a wearable cap and that has the potential to be useful for pre-symptomatic risk monitoring, for studies on brain function in children with ASD, and for extension of brain imaging to severely affected children who are challenging to study with traditional neuroimaging methods.
Filed on June 25, 2015.
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| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Culver | Washington University | Conflict of Interest | Cephalogics | $0 - $4,999 |
| Joseph Culver | Washington University | Conflict of Interest | Cephalogics | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Joseph Culver | Washington University | Conflict of Interest | Cephalogics | $0 - $4,999 |
| Joseph Culver | Washington University | Conflict of Interest | Cephalogics | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Joseph Culver | Washington University | Conflict of Interest | Cephalogics | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Joseph Culver | Washington University | Conflict of Interest | Cephalogics | $0 - $4,999 |
| Joseph Culver | Washington University | Conflict of Interest | Cephalogics | $0 - $4,999 |
| Joseph Culver | Washington University | Conflict of Interest | Cephalogics | Value cannot be readily determined |
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