Research Ethics Day Panel Session - Research Integrity and Trustworthy Science

After short presentations by the speakers listed below, a Q&A session included plenary speakers C.K. Gunsalus, JD (Director, National Center for Professional and Research Ethics -- NCPRE), John P. A. Ioannidis, MD, DSc (C.F. Rehnborg Chair in Disease Prevention, Stanford University) and Barbara A. Spellman, JD, PhD (Professor of Law, Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia).
• Melissa S. Anderson, PhD, Professor of Higher Education; Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, University of Minnesota
• Stella Whitney-West, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center; Member, Community Oversight Board, Human Research Protection Program (HRPP), University of Minnesota
• Rolf Weberg, PhD, Executive Director, Natural Resources Research Institute; Professor, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth PDF icon
• Leigh Turner, PhD, Associate Professor, Center for Bioethics, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems, and School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Moderated by Douglas Yee, MD, Director, Masonic Cancer Center; John H. Kersey Chair in Cancer Research; Professor, Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Minnesota

Scientific research is fundamental to progress, sparking new discoveries, improved health care, and technological innovation. However, research misconduct such as data fabrication, detrimental research practices including selective data reporting, predatory journals that fail to perform meaningful peer review, and concerns about the reproducibility of scientific findings all threaten to undermine public trust. This conference brought together leading thinkers from multiple disciplines – biomedicine, the social sciences, law, ethics, and others – to analyze the challenges for researchers, universities, journals, and the community and map a way forward.