Conflict of interest, both individual and institutional (see Institutional Conflict of Interest page), is a focus of intense interest and concern among the public and political research stakeholders as well as federal and commercial research sponsors and health care payors.  Research Compliance Consulting can assist you in evaluating and addressing all of the related conceptual and operational issues.

• Identifying and understanding federal and state conflict of interest regulations
• Understanding public perspectives and concerns regarding conflict of interest
• Identifying the scenarios requiring review for potential conflict of interest – in research, in healthcare, in campus business operations, in tech transfer activities, in gifting
• Establishing conflict of interest policies and assessment criteria
• Designing conflict of interest reporting procedures  – formulating the right questions and practical mechanisms
• Establishing conflict of interest review procedures that coordinate with other campus review processes for timing and content efficiencies
• Interfacing conflict of interest policy and process with policies on external professional activities and on use of institutional resources
• Establishing conflict of interest management practices
• Training conflict of interest reviewers
• Addressing related topics
• Current and emerging forms of compensation to faculty from commercial interests
• SBIR/STTR grants
• Faculty start-up companies and entrepreneurial activities
• Campus equity in faculty start-ups
• Vendor access to institutional personnel and trainees potentially involved in prescribing and purchasing decisions