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.
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California
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: 218
| Name | Type | Company | Disclosed Value | Year Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Pogliano | Conflict of Interest | Linnaeus Bioscience | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2015 |
| Vineet Bafna | Conflict of Interest | Digital Proteomics, LLC | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2016 |
| Allen Ryan | Conflict of Interest | Otonomy, Inc. | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2017 |
| Kit Pogliano | Conflict of Interest | Linnaeus | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2018 |
| Donald Durden | Conflict of Interest | SignalRX Pharmaceuticals | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2017 |
| Kit Pogliano | Conflict of Interest | Linnaeus Bioscience, | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2015 |
| Seth Cohen | Conflict of Interest | Cleave Biosciences | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2015 |
| Donald Durden | Conflict of Interest | SignalRX Pharmaceuticals | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2018 |
| Yu-Hwa Lo | Conflict of Interest | Nanovision Biosciences, Inc. | $20,000 - $39,999 | 2018 |
| Eugene Tkachenko | Conflict of Interest | MuWells, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2016 |
| Yu-Hwa Lo | Conflict of Interest | Nanovision Biosciences, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2018 |
| Richard Gallo | Conflict of Interest | MatriSys Bioscience, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2016 |
| Richard Gallo | Conflict of Interest | MatriSys Bioscience, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2016 |
| Seth Cohen | Conflict of Interest | Forge Therapeutics | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2018 |
| Richard Gallo | Conflict of Interest | MatriSys Bioscience, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2016 |
| Joseph Witztum | Conflict of Interest | Isis Pharmaceuticals | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2015 |
| Joseph Witztum | Conflict of Interest | Isis Pharmaceuticals | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2015 |
| Trey Ideker | Conflict of Interest | Ideaya Biosciences | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2017 |
| Richard Gallo | Conflict of Interest | MatriSys Bioscience, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2017 |
| Richard Gallo | Conflict of Interest | MatriSys Bioscience, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 | 2016 |
| Nicholas Oesch | Conflict of Interest | Nanovision Biosciences, Inc. | $5,000 - $9,999 | 2018 |
| Lena Gerwick | Conflict of Interest | Sirenas Marine Discovery | $5,000 - $9,999 | 2017 |
| William Gerwick | Conflict of Interest | Sirenas Marine Discovery | $5,000 - $9,999 | 2017 |
| Kun-Liang Guan | Conflict of Interest | Vivace Therapeutics, Inc. | $5,000 - $9,999 | 2017 |
| Eric van Nostrand | Conflict of Interest | Eclipse BioInnovations | $0 - $4,999 | 2018 |
| Tariq Rana | Conflict of Interest | ViRx Pharmaceuticals, LLC | $0 - $4,999 | 2017 |
| Steven Wagner | Conflict of Interest | Neurogenetic Pharmaceuticals, Inc | $0 - $4,999 | 2018 |
| Andrew McCulloch | Conflict of Interest | Insilicomed, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 | 2017 |
| Seth Cohen | Conflict of Interest | Forge Therapeutics | $0 - $4,999 | 2015 |
| Richard Gallo | Conflict of Interest | MatriSys Bioscience, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 | 2016 |
| Joseph Pogliano | Conflict of Interest | Linnaeus Biosciences, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 | 2016 |
| Kun-Liang Guan | Conflict of Interest | Vivace Therapeutics, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 | 2017 |
| Steven Dowdy | Conflict of Interest | Solstice Biologics | $0 - $4,999 | 2017 |
| Eugene Yeo | Conflict of Interest | Locana, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 | 2017 |
| Stephanie Cherqui | Conflict of Interest | GenStem Therapeutics | $0 - $4,999 | 2018 |
| Stephanie Cherqui | Conflict of Interest | GenStem Therapeutics | $0 - $4,999 | 2017 |
| Sheng Zhong | Conflict of Interest | Genemo, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 | 2017 |
| Sarah Blair | Conflict of Interest | Nanocyte Medical, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 | 2016 |
| Amir Zarrinpar | Conflict of Interest | Tortuga Biosciences | $0 - $4,999 | 2019 |
| Steven George | Conflict of Interest | 4Design Biosciences, LLC | $0 - $4,999 | 2016 |
| Joseph Vinetz | Conflict of Interest | LeptoX, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 | 2018 |
| Seth Cohen | Conflict of Interest | Cleave Biosciences | $0 - $4,999 | 2015 |
| Joseph Vinetz | Conflict of Interest | LeptoX, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 | 2018 |
| Kun Zhang | Conflict of Interest | Singlera Genomics, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 | 2015 |
| Tariq Rana | Conflict of Interest | ViRx Pharmaceuticals, LLC | $0 - $4,999 | 2017 |
| Kit Pogaliano | Conflict of Interest | Linnaeus Biosciences, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 | 2016 |
| Jeffrey Omens | Conflict of Interest | Insilicomed, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 | 2017 |
| Jeffrey Omens | Conflict of Interest | Insilicomed, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 | 2017 |
| Kit Pogliano | Conflict of Interest | Linnaeus | $0 - $4,999 | 2018 |
| Kun-Liang Guan | Conflict of Interest | Vivace Pharmaceuticals | $0 - $4,999 | 2015 |
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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