Effective May 27, 2009
The University of Kansas Medical Center and the University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita requires all full-time and part-time faculty and unclassified staff, all other individuals involved as research personnel at KUMC and KUSM-W, as well as the institution and its agents to regularly report all external financial and time interests. External financial interests that are directly or indirectly related the individual’s, institution’s or agent’s KUMC or KUSM-W duties shall be reported at a zero-dollar threshold. The Conflict of Interest Committee will review all reported interests and develop management plans to ensure the integrity of teaching, research and service.
The University of Kansas Medical Center is committed to integrity in teaching, research and service and to the welfare of the students, patients and research subjects it serves. This commitment to integrity will not be compromised, nor appear to be compromised, by competing personal or institutional interests or obligations. Therefore, a rigorous conflict of interest program has been established to preserve and to ensure the integrity of teaching, research and service at KUMC.
Conflict of Interest: A situation in which financial interests or time commitments may compromise or have the appearance of compromising objective teaching, clinical or scientific judgment, integrity of research data, fulfillment of professional duties or the safety and welfare of patients and/or research subjects.
Individual Conflict of Interest: An individual’s or an individual’s immediate family member’s (defined as spouse, children, siblings, parents, equivalents by marriage [in-laws], or other household members) financial or time arrangements with an organization that sponsors research or is otherwise a benefactor of the institution and may create, or appear to create, a competing interest for the individual.
Institutional Conflict of Interest: Situations in which the University, members of senior administration (chairs, deans, directors, vice chancellors) or affiliated organizations have a financial interest in a company that is associated with University research. Examples include, but are not limited to, investments in start-up companies associated with faculty inventions, ownership in companies that make significant contributions for facilities or endowed chairs or stock ownership in companies that conduct research at the University.
Financial Interest: Any interest, regardless of value, to include but not be limited to: consulting income; value or potential value from stock shares, equity holdings and royalties; or membership on a company’s board of directors.
Faculty, unclassified staff, research personnel and individuals who report on behalf of the institution must comply with federal, state and local laws and regulations, as well as those policies implemented by the Board of Regents, the University and the Research Institute.
The Office of Compliance is responsible for implementing and managing the Conflict of Interest program and for providing support to the Conflict of Interest Committee.
The Vice Chancellor for Administration, or his or her designee, serves as the Institutional Official in matters related to conflict of interest.
Tom Field, MSEd, MHSA
Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Compliance
University of Kansas Medical Center
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Kansas City, KS 66160
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