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January 29, 2007
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Town Hall Meeting |
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NIH-Funded
Sleep Study Seeks Volunteers |
Dean
Robert Johnson addessed a standing room only crowd of faculty, staff and
students at the January 24 Town Hall Meeting. Following is a summary
of topics he discussed:
Ethics Update: Language amending the current Conflict of Interest Law was introduced to the Legislature on January 9 to allow academic state employees to receive honoraria and reimbursement or payment for travel from outside entities. The bill was referred to the...... Read More
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National Institutes of Health are supporting an ongoing sleep study by
the UMDNJ Pain and Fatigue Study Center to further investigate the clinical
nature of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The study will require some
80 female volunteers in the New York/New Jersey area for a successful
outcome. The researchers hope that their work will lead to better understanding
of this often disabling illness. The research team, led by Benjamin Natelson,
MD, of New Jersey Medical School,... Read
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Reporting Ethical Concerns |
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At the January meeting of the UMDNJ Board of Trustees, a new policy was
approved requiring employees to report suspected ethical and compliance
concerns to appropriate parties within the University and protecting those
employees from any form of retaliation - from harassment to termination.
Guidelines that the UMDNJ Office of Ethics and Compliance had been following
are now official university policy....... Read
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