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.
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota
The records below are financial disclosure and conflict of interest records obtained by ProPublica from the National Institutes of Health and dozens of large public universities across the country. The NIH only has records for researchers who seek or receive its funding.
Total Disclosures: 173
| Name | Type | Company | Disclosed Value | Year Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Ahlquist | Conflict of Interest | EXACT Sciences Corporation | $500,000 - $549,999 | 2018 |
| James Kirkland | Conflict of Interest | Cenexys, Inc. (nka Unity Biotechnology) | $350,000 - $399,999 | 2019 |
| James Kirkland | Conflict of Interest | Cenexys, Inc. (nka Unity Biotechnology) | $300,000 - $349,999 | 2019 |
| Tamar Tchkonia | Conflict of Interest | Cenexys, Inc. (nka Unity Biotechnology) | $300,000 - $349,999 | 2019 |
| Richard Ehman | Conflict of Interest | Resoundant, Inc. | $200,000 - $249,999 | 2019 |
| Richard Ehman | Conflict of Interest | Resoundant, Inc. | $200,000 - $249,999 | 2018 |
| David Ahlquist | Conflict of Interest | Exact Sciences Corporation | $150,000 - $199,999 | 2018 |
| James Kirkland | Conflict of Interest | Cenexys, Inc. (nka Unity Biotechnology) | $150,000 - $199,999 | 2019 |
| James Kirkland | Conflict of Interest | Cenexys, Inc. (nka Unity Biotechnology | $150,000 - $199,999 | 2019 |
| Tamar Tchkonia | Conflict of Interest | Cenexys, Inc. (nka Unity Biotechnology | $150,000 - $199,999 | 2019 |
| William Taylor | Conflict of Interest | Exact Sciences Corporation | $150,000 - $199,999 | 2019 |
| Richard Ehman | Conflict of Interest | Resoundant, Inc. | $100,000 - $149,999 | 2018 |
| Jeremy Heilman | Conflict of Interest | Resoundant, Inc. | $100,000 - $149,999 | 2018 |
| Jeremiah Heilman | Conflict of Interest | Resoundant, Inc. | $100,000 - $149,999 | 2018 |
| Jeremy Heilman | Conflict of Interest | Resoundant, Inc. | $100,000 - $149,999 | 2018 |
| Richard Ehman | Conflict of Interest | Resoundant, Inc. | $100,000 - $149,999 | 2016 |
| James Kirkland | Conflict of Interest | Cenexys, Inc. (nka Unity Biotechnology) | $100,000 - $149,999 | 2019 |
| Tamar Tchkonia | Conflict of Interest | Cenexys, Inc. (nka Unity Biotechnology) | $100,000 - $149,999 | 2019 |
| Richard Ehman | Conflict of Interest | Resoundant, Inc. | $100,000 - $149,999 | 2015 |
| John Kisiel | Conflict of Interest | Exact Sciences Corporation | $100,000 - $149,999 | 2019 |
| William Taylor | Conflict of Interest | Exact Sciences | $100,000 - $149,999 | 2016 |
| Shigao Chen | Conflict of Interest | General Electric Medical Systems - Healthcare Business (GE) | $80,000 - $99,999 | 2019 |
| Tracy Yab | Conflict of Interest | Exact Sciences Corporation | $60,000 - $79,999 | 2018 |
| William Taylor | Conflict of Interest | Exact Sciences Corporation | $60,000 - $79,999 | 2018 |
| James Greenleaf | Conflict of Interest | General Electric Medical Systems - Healthcare Business (GE) | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2016 |
| Pengfei Song | Conflict of Interest | General Electric Medical Systems - Healthcare Business (GE) | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2017 |
| Shigao Chen | Conflict of Interest | General Electric Medical Systems - Healthcare Business (GE) | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2016 |
| James Kirkland | Conflict of Interest | Cenexys, Inc. (nka Unity Biotechnology) | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2019 |
| James Kirkland | Conflict of Interest | Cenexys, Inc. (nka Unity Biotechnology) | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2019 |
| James Kirkland | Conflict of Interest | Cenexys, Inc. (nka Unity Biotechnology) | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2019 |
| Shigao Chen | Conflict of Interest | General Electric Medical Systems - Healthcare Business (GE) | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2016 |
| James Greenleaf | Conflict of Interest | General Electric Medical Systems - Healthcare Business (GE); | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2018 |
| Tracy Yab | Conflict of Interest | Exact Sciences | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2016 |
| Yi Zhu | Conflict of Interest | Cenexys, Inc. (nka Unity Biotechnology) | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2019 |
| Nathan Lebrasseur | Conflict of Interest | Cenexys, Inc. (nka Unity Biotechnology) | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2019 |
| James Greenleaf | Conflict of Interest | General Electric Medical Systems - Healthcare Business (GE) | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2016 |
| James Kirkland | Conflict of Interest | Cenexys, Inc. (nka Unity Biotechnology) | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2019 |
| Shigao Chen | Conflict of Interest | General Electric Medical Systems - Healthcare Business (GE) | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2016 |
| Shigao Chen | Conflict of Interest | General Electric Medical Systems - Healthcare Business | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2018 |
| James Greenleaf | Conflict of Interest | General Electric Medical Systems - Healthcare Business (GE) | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2016 |
| John Kisiel | Conflict of Interest | Exact Sciences Corporation | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2018 |
| Shigao Chen | Conflict of Interest | General Electric Medical Systems - Healthcare Business (GE) | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2016 |
| Lynn Hartmann | Conflict of Interest | TapImmune, Inc. | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2016 |
| Douglas Mahoney | Conflict of Interest | Exact Sciences Corporation | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2019 |
| Alan Jette | Conflict of Interest | CREcare, LLC | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2015 |
| James Greenleaf | Conflict of Interest | General Electric Medical Systems - Healthcare Business (GE) | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2016 |
| James Greenleaf | Conflict of Interest | General Electric Medical Systems - Healthcare Business | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2018 |
| Douglas Mahoney | Conflict of Interest | Exact Sciences Corporation | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2018 |
| Keith Knutson | Conflict of Interest | TapImmune, Inc. | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2016 |
| James Greenleaf | Conflict of Interest | General Electric Medical Systems - Healthcare Business (GE) | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2016 |
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Sources: National Institutes of Health, public records requests filed at multiple public state universities
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.
Fewer than 10% of records from the University of Florida and fewer than 1% of records from the University of Texas system were removed because they did not contain enough information.
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