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SUPPORTING A CULTURE OF RIGOR, REPRODUCIBILITY, AND RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH 

DOSI Mission

Education

Oversight

Conflict of Interest (COI)
COI collaborates with faculty, staff, internal Duke offices and external organizations to ensure quality review, management and reporting of financial conflicts of interest within Duke.

2018-2019 COI Disclosure Form
Sponsored Travel Disclosure Form

Misconduct in Research
The Misconduct Review Officer - MRO oversees the review of allegations of research misconduct. Duke faculty and staff are able to report possible misconduct concerns directly to the MRO their department chair or division chief, dean or other appropriate institutional official.

Concerns may also be reported anonymously through the Integrity Line at 1-800-826-8109.

Accountability

Communicating Cultural Standards
Departmental chairs and Institute/Center directors are responsible for setting and maintaining standards to ensure a culture of quality, integrity, and open discourse.  To this end, School of Medicine entities have developed Scientific Culture and Accountability Plans.

Data Management Plans 
To improve data integrity and data provenance, principal investigators are encouraged to develop Data Management Plans for their research units. 

Clinical Quality Management Program (CQMP)
The  CQMP was established to develop and implement a comprehensive, standardized, prospective clinical research monitoring program including quality assurance and quality control measures.

Upcoming Events

Dec
12
The Empowered Author: Negotiating Contracts and Navigating the Scholarly Publishing Ecosystem
December 12, 2019 | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Location:
Lilly Library Training Room

Integrity Insights

Portrait of Nicolas Cassar, profesor at Nicholas School of the Environment
Research Integrity Interviews Series: “It is only a matter of time for climate change to be ubiquitously accepted as self-evident”
November 29, 2019
By:
Emilia Chiscop-Head in dialogue with Professor Nicolas Cassar

Interview with Dr. Nicolas Cassar, professor of biogeochemistry and Senior Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Programs at the Nicholas School of the Environment

Larry Carin, PhD
ON ‘THINGS WE ALREADY KNOW,’ CHECKLISTS AND MINDFULNESS
October 30, 2019
By:
Larry Carin, PhD, Vice President for Research, Duke University

I recently spoke to the Academic Council about my new role overseeing Duke’s entire research enterprise – medical and campus –  and I reiterated for them the messages in 

WHAT MAKES A GOOD MENTOR
October 21, 2019
By:
Emilia Chiscop-Head, PhD, Scientific Integrity Associate, ASIST

“I would like to explain the importance of mentoring by using a metaphor of something that all of you in this room know about: a strain of DNA”, said Dr.

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Researchers and staff attending the Bullying Colloquium at Duke
Duke Office of Science Integrity hosts event to recognize and prevent workplace bullying
October 16, 2019
By:
Lindsay Key

Sexual harassment is illegal. Falsifying documents is illegal. But unfortunately, bullying – in most of its shapes and forms—is not.

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