But his work fell under a cloud in 2007, when members of his laboratory brought concerns about his research conduct to Harvard officials, instigating a 3-year internal investigation.
Research regulatory policies help promote ethical research conduct.
We also found that reporting of research conduct was better in the TB focused qualitative-only articles (33%) compared with the malaria focused qualitative-only articles (5%).
'In a meeting in May 2004, the Head of School advised Dr Blumsohn to raise his concerns [about research conduct] through the proper channels in order for them to be investigated fully in accordance with the university's policy.
Informed consent was obtained from patients or their parents or guardians, and the Human Experimentation Guidelines of the Institution were followed according to clinical research conduct.
For both the TB and malaria focused studies the overall trend was towards better reporting of research conduct, study context and analysis as well as more credible and rich findings in the qualitative-only articles compared with mixed methods articles.
In 1989, the US NIH mandated that all trainees it supported receive instruction in medical ethics and responsible research conduct [ 10- 12].
Research reporting guidelines are specifically intended to standardise and improve the quality of research reporting rather than research conduct, although they might also improve conduct by informing research design.
Under the PHS policy draft, anyone receiving funds from these sources will have to take a course in responsible research conduct.
Even the scientists who conduct this sort of research conduct it in the knowledge that people lie about their food intake all the time.
Two years after raising his concerns about research conduct, he was suspended from his university post after he threatened to speak to medical journalists about the issue.
