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Tag: research

U of M names research reform team

Alex Friedrich April 8, 2015, 9:27 PM Apr 8, 2015
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Plans are expected on President Eric Kaler’s desk by May 15. Read more →

Consumer group wants sanctions against U of M

Alex Friedrich March 16, 2015, 5:57 PM Mar 16, 2015
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The D.C.-based consumer-advocacy group Public Citizen is calling for a federal investigation of the University of Minnesota’s human-subjects protection program — and says the program’s accreditation should be rescinded. The announcement, made today, comes after a strongly worded external review last month said the U was not doing enough to protect the subjects of its Read more →

The top seven MN higher education stories of 2014

Alex Friedrich December 29, 2014, 3:42 PM Dec 29, 2014
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This year didn’t spare any sector of Minnesota higher education from headlines.

Campuses in the public, for-profit and nonprofit sectors struggled with crime, labor dissatisfaction, legal troubles or complaints over race relations. Read more →

UMN: Research review will be truly independent

Alex Friedrich September 9, 2014, 3:16 PM Sep 9, 2014
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Despite the concerns of some faculty and observers, an upcoming review of University of Minnesota clinical research practices will be independent, the U said. Read more →

Group of U faculty voices concern over drug review

Alex Friedrich September 8, 2014, 2:07 PM Sep 8, 2014
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Scholars had been raising questions over the 2004 suicide of patient Dan Markingson in a university drug trial, and how the U had handled his involvement in the trial. Read more →

Video: Goldy Gopher travels to the edge of space

Alex Friedrich April 16, 2014, 11:58 AM Apr 16, 2014
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I had no idea balloons went that high. Fun clip: A team of students from the University of Minnesota sent their mascot, Goldy the Gopher, up to nearly 100,000 feet on a high altitude balloon mission. Goldy reached the edge of space along with experiments designed by the team of mostly Aerospace Engineering students. (Don’t Read more →

Bioethics prof: Is the U of M picking a lightweight research reviewer?

Alex Friedrich March 7, 2014, 3:30 PM Mar 7, 2014
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University of Minnesota bioethics professor Leigh Turner writes on his blog, Health in the Global Village, that the university’s agreement to hold an outside review of the U’s clinical research practices seems hollow. (The call for a review came amid lingering questions over university practices during a 2004 drug study, in which a patient committed Read more →

U law prof calls data theft “disaster” but doubts data is being used

Alex Friedrich January 17, 2014, 1:56 PM Jan 17, 2014
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The theft of research data from a prominent University of Minnesota law professor has put almost 300 people at risk of identity theft, university officials said today. Professor Barry Feld said the February 2013 theft of a laptop, hard drive and scanner from under his secretary’s desk involved information such as names, dates of birth, Read more →

Lawsuit describes fight between U of M cancer researchers

Alex Friedrich January 2, 2014, 10:43 AM Jan 2, 2014
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The Star Tribune reports  on a feud between two cancer scientists — University of Minnesota assistant professor Martina Bazzaro and her former junior researcher, Olga Issaenko. Issaenko has filed a federal lawsuit against both her former boss and the U, saying they failed to give her credit for her research contributions. The story describes a Read more →

How relevant will the U’s review of clinical research practices be?

Alex Friedrich December 19, 2013, 9:42 AM Dec 19, 2013
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Academic Matt Lamkin writes in the Star Tribune on behalf of about a dozen University of Minnesota scholarly alumni about concerns they have with a coming outside review of the U’s clinical research practices. In essence, they fear the review will never really get to the heart of what practices or policies may have caused Read more →

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