Research Case Studies Series
Dr. Barbara Bierer, Senior VP, Research, BWH, leads this dynamic and interactive discussion series. These case-based discussions provide a forum for researchers to examine the complicated and challenging issues which can arise in professional life. Click on the titles below to register.
How do you determine the order of authorship and is there a policy which explains this?
Who is first author when a project is started by one person and finished by another?
Who can settle authorship disputes?
Where do you find guidance with these questions?
Can a repeat of an experiment ever be original?
What do you do when you think you have discovered that a lab notebook has been altered?
You have been asked to write up the results from a project of a former lab member, but you cannot replicate the results. What can you do?
Where can you find guidance with these issues when it is unclear if something is unethical?
What can a postdoc do to get better mentoring from her PI?
What can a postdoc do if he is unsure if his PI will give a good reference?
How can a postdoc get promoted, and what are the requirements for such?
What can a postdoc do if funding for his position runs out before his project is complete?
Who can help negotiate these issues?
How do the new conflict of interest policies change current practice?
What if it is unclear whether or not a conflict of interest exists?
Where can one find guidance with the new conflict of interest policies?
How do you move from mentee to mentor? and worker to boss?
How do you establish authority as a new junior faculty member, if you "grew up" in this institution?
How can the new junior faculty member replace their senior mentor to become the last author on papers?
Where can you find management training?
Research Integrity Officers (RIO):
BWH Research Integrity Officer - Barbara E. Bierer, MD bbierer@partners.org (617) 732-8990
HMS Dean for Faculty and Research Integrity - Gretchen Brodnicki, JD Gretchen_Brodnicki@hms.harvard.edu (617) 432-2496
RIOs at Affiliated Institutions:
BIDMC - Randy Mason
CHB - Carleen Brunelli
DFCI - Beverly Ginsburg Cooper
HSPH - Bernita Anderson
Joslin - Dianne McCarthy
McLean - Peter Paskevich
MGH - Richard Bringhurst
Spaulding - Roberta Nary