Research Ethics Day Session 1 - The Power and Perils of Research Data

This is the first session of the University of Minnesota's 2020 Research Ethics Day Conference, held on Wednesday, March 4: "The Power and Perils of Research Data: Generating, Storing & Sharing Data Responsibly." The full title of this session was "The Data Challenge: Collecting, Storing & Managing Data Responsibly."

Introduction: Christopher J. Cramer, PhD, Vice President for Research; Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota

Speaker: Dina N. Paltoo, PhD, MPH, Assistant Director for Policy Development, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Hear from top national experts on the legal, bioethical, and policy issues in research with all data types – issues in data collection, analysis to ensure replicability, storage, and sharing. Consider data ethics, communication, and digital privacy. Local experts also analyzed the challenges of responsibly using big data and ethical use of data in health-related research, including consent, confidentiality, and sensitivity to participant concerns.

As a large, public, land-grant research university, we aim to explore these vital issues with our faculty, staff, trainees, students, and community, as well as a national audience.

Presented by the Office of the Vice President for Research; Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences; and Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota.

This conference was part of Research Ethics Week (March 2-6, 2020), during which the University of Minnesota focused on professional development and best practices to ensure safety and integrity in research.