| CONFLICT
OF INTEREST |
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| Principal investigator:
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- Files Annual Financial Disclosure (AFD) form with chair/director
- Files Project based Conflict of Interest Form when necessary
- Complies with Management, Monitoring and Implementation
Plan ("plan") to manage any conflict of interest,
if necessary
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| Other research personnel:
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- File Annual Financial Disclosure (AFD) form with chair/director
- File Project based Conflict of Interest Form when necessary
- Comply with Management, Monitoring and Implementation
Plan ("plan") to manage any conflict of interest,
if necessar
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| Department/center/project
financial officer: N/A |
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| Department chair/center
director: |
- Determines which employees must file AFD form (is aware
of which employees need to file form)
- Distributes AFD forms annually to employees as necessary
- Ensures that AFD forms are completed
- Forwards forms to University Conflict of Interest officer
- Participates in development of Conflict of Interest management
plan as necessary
- Provides process and oversight for implementation of Conflict
of Interest management plan, as necessary
- Assures that project is in compliance with state, federal,
sponsor and University of Utah policies and regulations
regarding conflict of interest
- Promotes University compliance efforts and programs regarding
conflict of interes
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| Deans office/designee:
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- Monitors conflict of interest management plans within
college/school
- Promotes University compliance efforts and programs regarding
conflict of interes
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| Executive administration:
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- Promotes University compliance efforts and programs regarding
conflict of interest
- Appoint members of the Conflict of Interest committee
- Review appeals of determinations made by the Designated
Official or the Conflict of Interest Committee
- Coordinate investigation of a violation
- Determine resolution of violations, and penalties, where
appropriate
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| Conflict of Interest
committee: |
- The Designated Official and the Conflict of Interest Officer
review annual disclosure forms and project conflict evaluation
forms to make recommendations to the Conflict of Interest
Committee regarding resolution of the potential conflicts
- Considers potential conflicts of interest and determines
if changes in the Principal Investigator, other research
personnel or project design are necessary
- Makes the determination to manage, reduce or eliminate
the conflict, if necessary
- Develops a management, monitoring and implementation plan
in conjunction with the Principal Investigator and his/her
chair/director
- Forwards any reports of violations to the appropriate
line Vice President with a recommendation for response
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| Environmental Health
and Safety, Department: N/A |
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| Governmental Accounting
and Support Services: N/A |
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Institutional Animal
Care and Use Committee/
Animal Resource Center: N/A |
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| Institutional Review
Board: |
- Director serves on Conflict of Interest Committee
- Receives reports of Conflict of Interest from Conflict
of Interest Committee
- Assures that appropriate disclosures are made to research
subjects
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| Office of Internal
Audit: |
- Provides information, analyses, and counsel to assist
management in ethically, effectively, and efficiently fulfilling
their management responsibilities
- Examines, evaluates and reports on the adequacy and reliability
of existing internal controls
- Upon management request, reviews and evaluates specific
grants and contracts to ensure that employees have adequately
disclosed conflict of interest situations
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| Radiological Health,
Department: N/A |
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| Institutional Biosafety
Committee : N/A |
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| Office
of Sponsored Projects: |
- Coordinates Conflict of Interest disclosures for projects
as per University policy
- The Director serves as the UU Designated Official (DO),
- consults with Conflict of Interest Official on matters
of Conflict of Interest
- responsible for reviewing all financial disclosures
and reporting any apparent conflicts to the Conflict
of Interest Committee
- serves on the Conflict of Interest Committee
- Reports University actions regarding conflicts of
interest to funding agencies
- DO forwards reports of violations to Conflict of Interest
committee and sponsoring agency (as necessary)
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| Technology Transfer
Office: |
- Staff member serves as Designated Official
- Interprets specific circumstances where researchers have
dual relationships as creators of University of Utah intellectual
property and involvements with corporations
- Follows process for notification of potential issues
- Office personnel serve on Conflict of Interest Committee
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