Annual Research Ethics Day Conference - What Makes Your Research Trustworthy? Threats and Opportunities

Joanne Billings, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Billings serves as Chair of the Institutional Review Board in the University of Minnesota’s Human Research Protection Program. Her primary research and clinical work focuses on cystic fibrosis (CF). She has a particular interest in women's health issues in patients with CF. Dr. Billings is also a Co-Investigator in CF drug development studies at the University. 

 

Angela Byars-Winston, PhD, is Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine within the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She is also the Director of Research and Evaluation in the UW Institute for Diversity Science, Associate Director in the Collaborative Center for Health Equity, and Faculty Lead in the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research. Dr. Byars-Winston’s research examines cultural influences on academic and career development, especially for women and individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in the sciences, engineering, and medicine, with the aim of broadening their participation in STEM fields. Dr. Byars-Winston chaired the National Academies committee that produced the 2019 report on “The Science of Effective Mentoring in STEMM.”

Peter Crawford, MD, PhD, is Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine; Associate Dean for Research Operations, Medical School; Director, Division of Molecular Medicine; and Professor of Medicine, Division of Molecular Medicine, at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Crawford is an elected member of American Society for Clinical Investigation. Dr. Crawford's laboratory focuses on the role of integrative metabolism, with key relevance to heart failure and metabolic diseases. As obesity and cardiovascular disease are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, his research focuses on the interplay between intermediary metabolism and these disease processes. 

Pat Furlong, RN, BSN, is the Founding President and CEO of Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), the largest nonprofit organization in the United States solely focused on Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne). Its mission is to improve the treatment, quality of life, and long-term outlook for all individuals affected by Duchenne through research, advocacy, education, and compassion. Ms. Furlong has served on the boards of the Genetic Alliance and the National Organization for Rare Disorders, as well as the National Institutes of Health’s Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee, the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Pediatric Studies Conducted Under BPCA and PREA, and the FDA’s Molecular and Clinical Genetics Panel.

Lisa German, MSLIS, is University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at the University of Minnesota Libraries. The University Libraries system encompasses 12 libraries on the Twin Cities campus, historically rich collections, and nationally recognized model programs in technology development, information literacy, and new models for scholarly communication. Notable for her expertise in collections, technical services, organizational and workflow assessment, as well as strategy, German has been a sought-after consultant to academic research libraries on an international scale.

 

Derek M. Griffith, PhD, is a Founding Co-Director of the Racial Justice Institute, Founder and Director of the Center for Men’s Health Equity, Member of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Professor of Health Management & Policy and Oncology at Georgetown University. Trained in psychology and public health, Dr. Griffith’s research focuses on developing strategies to achieve racial, ethnic, and gender equity in health. He specializes in interventions to promote Black men's health and well-being and interventions to address racism in organizations and to mitigate the effects of structural racism on health. He was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior for his significant contributions to the field of health behavior research.

C.K. Gunsalus, JD, is a nationally recognized expert, speaker, author and workshop presenter on matters of research integrity, ethics, and professionalism in academia. She is the Director of the National Center for Professional and Research Ethics (NCPRE), Professor Emerita of Business, and Research Professor at the Coordinated Sciences Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Gunsalus was the PI for the centerpiece project of NCPRE, Ethics CORE, a national online ethics resource center initiated with $1.5M from the National Science Foundation. She has been on the faculty of the colleges of Business, Law, and Medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and served as Special Counsel in the Office of University Counsel.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, PhD, is the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Director of the University’s Annenberg Public Policy Center, and Program Director of the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands. She is the Co-Founder of FactCheck.org and its subsidiary site, SciCheck, and Director of The Sunnylands Constitution Project, which has produced more than 30 award-winning films on the Constitution for high school students. Jamieson is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the National Academy of Sciences, and a Distinguished Scholar of the National Communication Association. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Strategic Council for  Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust.

Lyric A. Jorgenson, PhD, is the Acting Associate Director for Science Policy and the Acting Director of the Office of Science Policy at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In this position, she provides senior leadership in the development and oversight of cross-cutting biomedical research policies and programs considered to be of high-priority to NIH and the United States Government. Prior to this, she served in numerous roles across the agency, including Deputy Director of the Office of Science Policy, and has led the development of high impact science and policy initiatives such as the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). Dr. Jorgenson is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Strategic Council on Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust.

Rebecca Keiser, PhD, MSc, is the Chief of Research Security Strategy and Policy at the National Science Foundation (NSF). From 2015 to 2021, Dr. Keiser served as Head of the Office of International Science and Engineering. Prior to NSF, she was a Special Advisor to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator and an Executive-In-Residence at American University. Dr. Keiser also served as Assistant to the Director for International Relations at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she provided policy guidance to the President's science advisor. Her experience covers science and technology policy, agreements and other cooperative efforts.

Veronique Kiermer, PhD, is Chief Scientific Officer at PLOS, the Public Library of Science, where she oversees the editorial department and the development of services, products, and policies to promote open science. Before joining PLOS in 2015, she was Executive Editor and Director of Author and Reviewer Services for Nature Publishing Group. In that capacity she oversaw editorial and research integrity policies across the Nature journals. She started her career in publishing as the founding Chief Editor of Nature Methods. Dr. Kiermer has served on the Board of Directors of ORCID (2016-21) and as its chair from Feb. 2017 to Feb. 2020. In 2020 she became an advisor for PREreview. Dr. Kiermer is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust.

Brian A. Nosek, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. Dr. Nosek is also Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Center for Open Science. He is a member of the implicit cognition research group that integrates basic psychological research, methodological and technological innovation, and public education to advance understanding of implicit cognition - thoughts and feelings that exist outside of conscious awareness or conscious control. The group includes students and academics in social and cognitive psychology, quantitative methodology, and computer science and communicates with academics and professionals in business, education, law, public policy, medicine, and health. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust.

Ivan Oransky, MD, is Co-Founder of Retraction Watch, Editor-in-Chief of Spectrum, and Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. In 2017-21 he served as President of the Association of Health Care Journalists. Dr. Oransky was previously Vice President of Editorial at Medscape, Global Editorial Director of MedPage Today, Executive Editor of Reuters Health, and held editorial positions at Scientific American and The Scientist. He is the recipient of the 2015 John P. McGovern Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Communication from the American Medical Writers Association.

 

Shashank Priya, PhD, serves as the University of Minnesota’s Vice President for Research. In this position, he oversees a $1+ billion research enterprise across all campuses and facilities. He manages units responsible for administration of sponsored projects, research and regulatory compliance, and technology commercialization, as well as 10 interdisciplinary academic centers and institutes. He also oversees a growing corporate engagement portfolio for the University. Dr. Priya is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science.

 

Danielle Rintala, MS, directs the Risk Intelligence and Compliance Team (RIACT) in the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University of Minnesota. RIACT monitors near- and long-term research risks and conducts compliance investigations to ensure compliance in research-associated financial transactions and research registries. She also manages Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training and the Certified Approver program. Prior to joining the University of Minnesota, she was the Associate Director of Research Compliance and Biosafety Officer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

 

Susan M. Wolf, JD, is McKnight Presidential Professor of Law, Medicine & Public Policy; Faegre Baker Daniels Professor of Law; and Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Prof. Wolf is Chair of the Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF), as well as private foundations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Greenwall Foundation. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust.

 

 

Susan M. Wolf, JD, is McKnight Presidential Professor of Law, Medicine & Public Policy; Faegre Baker Daniels Professor of Law; and Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Prof. Wolf is Chair of the Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF), as well as private foundations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Greenwall Foundation. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust.

 

Frances Lawrenz, PhD, is Associate Vice President for Research and Wallace Professor of Teaching and Learning in the Department of Educational Psychology, which is part of the College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota. She has been recognized by the American Educational Research Association, receiving the 2016 Research on Evaluation SIG Distinguished Scholar Award and by the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, with the Distinguished Contributions to Science Education through Research Award in 2014.

 

Shashank Priya, PhD, serves as the University of Minnesota’s Vice President for Research. In this position, he oversees a $1+ billion research enterprise across all campuses and facilities. He manages units responsible for administration of sponsored projects, research and regulatory compliance, and technology commercialization, as well as 10 interdisciplinary academic centers and institutes. He also oversees a growing corporate engagement portfolio for the University. Dr. Priya is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science.

 

Danielle Rintala, MS, directs the Risk Intelligence and Compliance Team (RIACT) in the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University of Minnesota. RIACT monitors near- and long-term research risks; conducts compliance investigations, ensuring compliance in research-associated financial transactions and research registries; and manages Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training and the Certified Approver program. Prior to joining the University of Minnesota, she was the Associate Director of Research Compliance and Biosafety Officer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

 

Douglas Yee, MD, is Director of the Masonic Cancer Center, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, and John H. Kersey Chair in Cancer Research at the University of Minnesota. As Director of the Cancer Center, he serves as the point person for all cancer research at the University. He is a medical oncologist with a specialty in breast cancer. His laboratory has been interested in the regulation of cancer cells by the insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and insulin. He serves as the site Principal Investigator on several clinical trials that employ experimental therapies targeted against IGF receptor and the PI3K pathway. He is Chair of the Agent Selection Committee and serves on the Executive Committee of the I-SPY2 trail, which is designed to validate investigational therapies in the neoadjuvant treatment of breast cancer.

2023 Research Ethics Day Conference Advisory Committee 

Susan M. Wolf, JD

Jennifer Coffman, MEd

Thomas Cotter, MS, JD

Milton Eder, PhD

Carolyn Fairbanks, PhD

Megan R. Gunnar, PhD

Alok Gupta, PhD

John Hamerlinck, MS

Brian Herman, PhD 

David Ingbar, MD

Julie Olson, PhD

Marizen Ramierz, PhD, MPH

Dawn Seibert

Frank Symons, PhD

Diane Treat-Jacobson, PhD, RN, FAHA, MSVM, FAAN

Douglas Yee, MD

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