The integrity of scholarship and the scientific record requires that scholars and researchers uphold the highest scientific and ethical standards. Current policy and practice at UM reflects our shared commitment that the design, conduct, and reporting of scholarly activity and research will not be biased. As relationships between academic institutions and private industries become increasingly complex, we must continually reassess the manner in which we assure that scholarly activity and research at UM are unbiased.

On February 1, 2010, a new process was implemented to identify potential conflicts of interest (COI) in sponsored research at UM. Faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to attend a training session to review the current UM COI policy for sponsored research and to learn about the new process for identifying potential COI in sponsored research. The sessions will take place on:

• March 15: 9 to 10 a.m., McArthur Annex Auditorium – Room 202 (Coral Gables campus)

• March 23: 2 to 3 p.m., Clinical Research Building (CRB) Room 989 (Medical campus)

• March 26: 12 to 1 p.m., RSMAS Auditorium (RSMAS campus)

• April 13: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Flipse Building, Room 502 (Coral Gables campus)

• April 14: 1 to 2 p.m., Lois Pope LIFE Seventh-Floor Auditorium (Medical campus)

Please register through ULearn.

For questions on the training sessions, please contact the Office of Research Education and Training at 305-243-5092 or at [email protected].

Cenk Sengun, assistant professor of neurology at the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Facts About Parkinson’s Disease and Treatment” on Monday, March 15 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the South Palm Beach County Chapter of the NPF support/caregiver meeting. The event will be held at the Mae Volen Senior Center, 1515 W. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton.

The Department of Medicine will present the next installment in its Research Conference Series on Monday, March 15 at 12 p.m. in the Clinical Research Building, Gordon Conference Room. Matthias A. Salathe, professor of medicine, chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, and director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center, will present “Innate Host Defense of the Airways, Don’t Take My Breath Away.” For more information, please contact Todd Erceg at [email protected] or 305-243-5687.