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7 Guidelines for the Conduct of Research at the National Institute of Health
Pages 130-137

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From page 130...
... I ORIENTATION AND GUIDANCE FOR FACULTY General expectations for Me academic conduct of faculty members and many specific requirements governing the conduct of research are set form in the following documents: NOTE: Issued in 1990; reprinted with permission from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
From page 131...
... II. SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS, POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS, AND OTHER RESEARCH PERSONNEL Preceptors are responsible for the careful supervision of their trainees and other research personnel.
From page 132...
... At the time of registration these documents must also be given to all postdoctoral fellows, whose written acknowledgement of receipt of the documents will be kept on file in the Office of the Registrar. Preceptors should familiarize trainees and other research personnel with relevant governmental and institutional requirements for conduct of studies involving healthy volunteers or patients, animals, radioactive or other hazardous substances, and recombinant DNA.
From page 133...
... 6. Preceptors should be alert to behavioral changes in trainees or other research personnel that may indicate inordinate personal or academic stress or substance abuse.
From page 134...
... This request must contain an itemized description of the data and must specify where the data will be located in the future. In granting such requests, the department director must remind the researchers that legally the data are the property of the University, that any inventions made here must be disclosed to the appropriate patent office of The Johns Hopkins University, and that original data must be made available for review if questions of scientific misconduct should arise.
From page 135...
... Authorship should be given generously, but only to those who have contributed significantly to the research, are prepared to stand behind their findings, and have reviewed the entire manuscript. The referral of patients included in a clinical study does not, in and of itself, constitute a significant contribution warranting coauthorship status.
From page 136...
... VII. REPORTING ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT The trust and good faith traditionally associated with The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will flourish only if every member of this community bears responsibility for upholding the highest
From page 137...
... When the "original" data are so voluminous or are collected and/or modified in atypical ways (for example, in the case of data collected by computer) , individual investigators should seek concurrenceof their division or department head in deciding what aspect of their research will constitute primary data, bearing in mind the possible future need to support reported findings.


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