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Institutional Responsibility and the Flawed Genomic Biomarkers at Duke University: A Missed Opportunity for Transparency and Accountability

Overview of attention for article published in Science and Engineering Ethics, November 2016
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Title
Institutional Responsibility and the Flawed Genomic Biomarkers at Duke University: A Missed Opportunity for Transparency and Accountability
Published in
Science and Engineering Ethics, November 2016
DOI 10.1007/s11948-016-9844-4
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Authors

David L. DeMets, Thomas R. Fleming, Gail Geller, David F. Ransohoff

Abstract

When there have been substantial failures by institutional leadership in their oversight responsibility to protect research integrity, the public should demand that these be recognized and addressed by the institution itself, or the funding bodies. This commentary discusses a case of research failures in developing genomic predictors for cancer risk assessment and treatment at a leading university. In its review of this case, the Office of Research Integrity, an agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services, focused their report entirely on one individual faculty member and made no comment on the institution's responsibility and its failure to provide adequate oversight and investigation. These actions missed an important opportunity to emphasize the institution's critical responsibilities in oversight of research integrity and the importance of institutional transparency and accountability.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Malaysia 1 3%
Unknown 29 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 17%
Other 4 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 10%
Student > Master 3 10%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 7%
Other 4 13%
Unknown 9 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 17%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 10%
Psychology 2 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 3%
Other 5 17%
Unknown 10 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 January 2017.
All research outputs
#7,356,550
of 25,377,790 outputs
Outputs from Science and Engineering Ethics
#473
of 965 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#122,154
of 415,192 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science and Engineering Ethics
#16
of 33 outputs
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