Research Cases for Use by the NIH Community

Theme 16 - Research Reproducibility (2016)

Because this important topic is both broad and provocative, with issues that could be discussed for hours, discussion leaders and participants will need to identify ways to keep the discussion on schedule. Three potential alternative approaches to this are: (a) keep discussion of the entire case concise and well-paced; (b) discuss a selected subset of the sections, labeled by Roman numerals, that are the most relevant to the particular IC and audience, and/or use only selected questions; or, (c) dedicate more than one hour to discussing this case.

• Case 1: Research Reproducibility

Theme 15 - Authorship and Collaborative Science (2015)

• Case 1: Intellectual Input, Core Facilities and Authorship
• Case 2: Authorship Disputes in Multi-Team Collaborations
• Case 3: Clinical Collaborations
• General Guidelines for Authorship Contributions

Theme 14 - Differentiating Between Honest Discourse and Research Misconduct and Introduction to Enhancing Reproducibility (2014)

• Case 1: Handling of Images and Graphs
• Case 2: A Technically Challenging Method Collides With a Hot Topic
• Case 3: Handling of Clinical Data
• Case 4: Sources of Potential Bias and Data Sharing
• Case 5: Research Reproducibility I: Sample Composition and Reproducibility
• Case 6: Research Reproducibility II: Prostate Cancer Serum Biomarker Study

Theme 13 - Data Management, Whistleblowers, and Nepotism (2013)

• Case 1: Whistleblowers
• Case 2: CLUES: Research Misconduct or Sloppy Science?
• Case 3: Data Management in Clinical Studies
• Case 4: Nepotism in the Training and Research Setting

Theme 12 - Mentoring (2012)

• Case 1: Different Mentoring Styles
• Case 2: Non-Academic Staff
• Case 3: Intellectual Property
• Case 4: Personal Relationships

Theme 11 - Authorship (2011)

• Case 1: Co-Authorship - When Changing Labs, Have You Done Enough to Be Included?
• Case 2: Criteria for Authorship and Attribution
• Case 3: Multiple Publications
• Case 4: First Authorship, Publicity, and Multiple Institutions
• General Guidelines for Authorship Contributions
• Processes for Authorship Dispute Resolution

Theme 10 - Science and Social Responsibility, Continued (2010)

• Case 1: Potential Consequences of Epidemiological Studies
• Case 2: Scientific Research and the Press
• Case 3: Intellectual Property – Why Use an MTA

Theme 9 - Science and Social Responsibility - Dual Use Research (2009)

• Case 1: Streptococcus pneumoniae Membrane Pump Sequence
• Case 2: Pandemic Influenza Genomic Sequence
• Case 3: An Unusual Wrinkle to Translational Research
• Case 4: Cell-matrix Interaction and Tumor Growth & Metastasis

Theme 8 - Borrowing - Is It Plagiarism? (2008)

• Case 1: Borrowing Results
• Case 2: Borrowing Ideas
• Case 3: Borrowing English

Theme 7 - Data Management and Scientific Misconduct (2007)

• Case 1: Data Management of Computer-generated Files
• Case 2: Handling of Images and Graphs
• Case 3: Appropriate Use of Statistics
• Case 4: Appropriate Sources of Data and Decision to Publish
• Case 5: Handling of Clinical Data
• A Guide to the Handling of Scientific Misconduct Allegations in the NIH IRP

Theme 6 - Ethical Ambiguities (2006)

• Ethical Ambiguities

Theme 5 - Data Management (2005)

• Guiding Principles for Data Management
  • Figure 1
• Epidemiological and Clinical Data Management
• What's in a Picture? The Temptation of Image Manipulation
• Three Retractions Published in Cell (2004)

Theme 4 - Collaborative Science (2004)

• Case 1: Basic-Clinical Collaboration
• Case 2: When Does a Collaborator Deserve Authorship
• Case 3: Equipment Sharing and Authorship
• Case 4: Assays and Authorship
• Case 5: Collaboration and Credit
• Case 6: The Statute of Limitations

Theme 3 - Mentoring (2003)

• Case 1: Different Supervising and Mentoring Styles
• Case 2: Equal Treatment of Postdoctoral Fellows Sharing of Job Ads
• Case 3: Work Hours and Schedules
• Case 4: Mentoring of Technicians
• Case 5: Intellectual Property Mentor's Use of Fellow's Research Proposal
• Case 6: Future Collaborations for Tenuretrack Investigators
• Case 7: Issues Related to CRADA Funding of Trainees
• Case 8: Confirmation of Lab Results Request for Secrecy
• Case 9: Handling of Personal Relationships in the Laboratory
• Case 10: Dealing with A Substance Abuse Problem in the Laboratory
• Useful Web Sites on Mentoring:
  • A Guide to Training and Mentoring in the Intramural Research Program at NIH
  • SD Policy Updates for Mentors and Trainees (May 2002)

Theme 2 - Authorship (2002)

• Case 1: Authorship and the Role of the Absent Researcher
• Case 2: To Be or Not To Be Included
• Case 3: Student Publishes
• Case 4: Criteria for Authorship and Attribution
• Useful Web Sites on Authorship:
  • http://www.stanford.edu/dept/DoR/rph/2-8.html
  • http://www.responsibility.research.umich.edu/casematerialsdir.html
  • http://www.apa.org/journals/amp/kurdek.html
  • http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/services_ATF.shtml
  • http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed410318.html

Theme 1 - Scientific Misconduct (2001)

• Case 1: Scientific Misconduct in the Laboratory
• Case 2: Suspicions of Misconduct in Clinical Research
• Case 3: Ownership of Ideas
• Useful Links for Scientific/Research Misconduct:
  • A Guide to the Handling of Scientific Misconduct Allegations in the Intramural Research Program at the NIH
  • Intramural Research Program Policies & Procedures for Research Misconduct Proceedings