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.
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
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: 45
| Name | Type | Company | Disclosed Value | Year Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Morimoto | Conflict of Interest | Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. | >$600,000 | 2017 |
| Vadim Backman | Conflict of Interest | NanoCytomics, LLC | $150,000 - $199,999 | 2018 |
| Vadim Backman | Conflict of Interest | Nanocytomics, LLC | $150,000 - $199,999 | 2016 |
| Vadim Backman | Conflict of Interest | NanoCytomics | $100,000 - $149,999 | 2015 |
| Vadim Backman | Conflict of Interest | Nanocytomics | $80,000 - $99,999 | 2013 |
| Richard Morimoto | Conflict of Interest | Proteostasis Therapeutics | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2016 |
| Hariharan Subramanian | Conflict of Interest | NanoCytomics | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2015 |
| Philip Compton | Conflict of Interest | Integrated Protein Technologies | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2019 |
| Richard Morimoto | Conflict of Interest | Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. | $40,000 - $59,999 | 2017 |
| Richard Morimoto | Conflict of Interest | Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2018 |
| Vadim Backman | Conflict of Interest | Nanocytomics | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2013 |
| Hariharan Subramanian | Conflict of Interest | NanoCytomics LLC. | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2013 |
| Richard LeDuc | Conflict of Interest | Proteinaceous | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2015 |
| Neil Kelleher | Conflict of Interest | ThermoFisher | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2015 |
| Ryan Fellers | Conflict of Interest | Proteinaceous, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2018 |
| Chad Mirkin | Conflict of Interest | AuraSense Therapeutics, LLC | $5,000 - $9,999 | 2013 |
| Vadim Backman | Conflict of Interest | American BioOptics | $0 - $4,999 | 2013 |
| Hemant K. Roy | Conflict of Interest | American BioOptics | $0 - $4,999 | 2013 |
| Vadim Backman | Conflict of Interest | American BioOptics | 2015 | |
| Vadim Backman | Conflict of Interest | NanoCytomics | 2015 | |
| Nina Kraus | Conflict of Interest | Synaural | 2015 | |
| Hao Zhang | Conflict of Interest | Opticent Health | 2016 | |
| Hariharan Subramanian | Conflict of Interest | NanoCytomics | 2015 | |
| Hao Zhang | Conflict of Interest | Opticent Health | 2016 | |
| Hao Zhang | Conflict of Interest | Opticent Health | 2017 | |
| Chad Mirkin | Conflict of Interest | AuraSense Therapeutics, LLC | 2013 | |
| Neil Kelleher | Conflict of Interest | Microbial Pharmaceuticals | 2017 | |
| Philip Compton | Conflict of Interest | Integrated Protein Technologies | 2019 | |
| Neil Kelleher | Conflict of Interest | Proteinaceous | 2015 | |
| Regan Thomson | Conflict of Interest | Microbial Pharmaceuticals | 2017 | |
| Mary Wirth | Conflict of Interest | BioVidria, Inc. | 2015 | |
| Mary Wirth | Conflict of Interest | BioVidria, Inc. | 2015 | |
| Thomas J. Meade | Conflict of Interest | PreDx Corporation | 2013 | |
| Richard Morimoto | Conflict of Interest | Proteostasis Therapeutics | 2016 | |
| Vadim Backman | Conflict of Interest | Nanocytomics, LLC | 2016 | |
| Chad Mirkin | Conflict of Interest | AuraSense, LLC | 2013 | |
| Guillermo Ameer | Conflict of Interest | VesselTek BioMedical LLC | 2013 | |
| Hemant Roy | Conflict of Interest | NanoCytomics | 2015 | |
| Neil Kelleher | Conflict of Interest | Integrated Protein Technologies | 2019 | |
| Neil Kelleher | Conflict of Interest | Microbial Pharmaceutical | 2016 | |
| Neil Kelleher | Conflict of Interest | Microbial Pharmaceuticals | 2017 | |
| Richard Morimoto | Conflict of Interest | Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. | 2018 | |
| Regan Thomson | Conflict of Interest | Microbial Pharmaceutical | 2016 | |
| Vadim Backman | Conflict of Interest | NanoCytomics, LLC | 2018 | |
| Milan Mrksich | Conflict of Interest | SAMDI Tech, Inc. | 2014 |
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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