The Management of Scientific Integrity within Academic Medical Centers

• Addresses complex issues with scientific research misconduct throughout the biomedical community by providing real life examples to underscore the serious nature of these misconduct issues, thereby motivating programs to provide appropriate corrective actions
• Highlights this complexity in 8 completely anonymous case studies, with full explication of details followed by a full dissection and discussion
• Reviews the current regulations and policies that guide the management of scientific integrity
• Concludes with a section authored by the Federal Court Judge with special expertise and interest in the intersection between rapid advances in biological sciences and the conduct of criminal court cases

Prof. Peter J. Snyder has served as the Scientific Integrity Officer, as well as the Institutional Official, for the Lifespan Hospital System (Providence, RI) since 2008. He oversees the ethical conduct of research for approximately 350 investigators across a system of five hospitals that form the core teaching campuses for the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr. Snyder is the Chief Research Officer for this academic health system, and he also actively serves as a Professor of Neurology within the medical school. Dr. Snyder has maintained an active research program for more than 20 years, and he has published widely in the fields of clinical neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, neuropharmacology and the history of the neurosciences. Dr. Snyder is the Senior Associate Editor for Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association (published by Elsevier).