Ethics Committee Syllabus Collection Project

2008 Code of Ethics for Major Epidemiology Associations and Organizations

• American College of Epidemiology 
  CODE OF ETHICS
• International Epidemiology Association IEA
  Good epidemiological practice (Proper Conduct in Epidemiologic Research)
• Epidemiology Section, American of Public Health Association (APHA) 
  GENERAL ETHICS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE GUIDELINES
• The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE)
  Ethics Guidelines for Environmental Epidemiologists
• Section on Statistics in Epidemiology (ASE-SIE)
  American Statistical Association Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice
• The Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CSEB)
  CODE OF ETHICS not found

2007-2008 Articles Regarding Ethical Issues In Epidemiology

• February 2008 Point-Counterpoint 
  International Journal of Epidemiology
• Neil Pearce
  ”Corporate influences on epidemiology”
  Int J Epidemiol 2008;37:46-53
• Joanna Haas
  ”Commentary: Epidemiology and the pharmaceutical industry: an inside perspective”
  Int J Epidemiol 2008;37:53-55
• A White, N Robinson, P Egger, M Stender, K Davis, J Weil, and S Bowlin
  “Commentary: Collaboration between industry-based and academic epidemiologists”
  Int J Epidemiol 2008;37:56-57
• Sander Greenland
  ”Commentary: Addressing Corporate Influence Through Ethical Guidelines”
  Int J Epidemiol 2008;37:57-59
• Carl V Phillips
  ”Commentary: Lack of scientific influences on epidemiology”
  Int J Epidemiol 2008;37:59-64
• Neil Pearce
  ”Response: The distribution and determinants of epidemiologic research”
  Int J Epidemiol 2008;37:65-68

Individual Articles Involving Ethical Issues in Epidemiology

• Geoffrey Tweedale
  “Hero or villain—Sir Richard Doll and occupational cancer”
  April-June 2007 Int J Occup Environ Health 2007;13:233-235
• Gary Taubes
  “Do We Really Know What Makes Us Healthy”
  September 16, 2007 New York Times Magazine
• James E. Enstrom
  “Defending legitimate epidemiologic research: combating Lysenko pseudoscience”
  October 10, 2007 Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 2007, 4:11
• Jennifer Washburn
  “Science's Worst Enemy: Corporate Funding. And you thought the Bush administration was bad”
  October 11, 2007 Discover Magazine
• Carl V. Phillips
  “Warning: Anti-tobacco activism may be hazardous to epidemiologic science”
  October 22, 2007 Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 2007, 4:13
• Elizabeth M. Whelan
  “Why Don't Scientists Speak Up When Science is Distorted”
  October 23, 2007 Huffington Post
• Kathleen M. Rest and Michael H. Halpern
  “Politics and the Erosion of Federal Scientific Capacity: Restoring Scientific Integrity to Public Health Science”
  November 1, 2007 American Journal of Public Health 2007;97:1939-1944
• John Tierney
  “Money, Fats and Science”
  November 5, 2007 New York Times TierneyLab

2005-2007 Articles Involving Ethical Issues in Science

• Tereskerz PM, Moreno J. "Ten Steps to Developing a National Agenda to Address Financial Conflicts of Interest in Industry Sponsored Clinical Research."
  Accountability in Research 2005;12:139-155
• July 2, 2006 Washington Post Op-Ed by Thomas P. Stossel, MD, "What's wrong with money in science"
• October 22, 2006 NY Times Magazine article, "An Unwelcome Discovery," about Eric Poehlman, corrupt NIH-funded scientist who went to prison.
• October 2006 book: The Trouble with Medical Journals by Richard Smith, former Editor, British Medical Journal
  http://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Medical-Journals-Richard-Smith/dp/1853156736
• December 7, 2006 news story, "Promoting Ethics in Science", with reference to 2003 book: Science in the Private Interest: Has the Lure of Profits Corrupted Biomedical Research by Sheldon Krimsky. http://www.amazon.com/Science-Private-Interest-Corrupted-Biomedical/dp/0742543714
• BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR: Breakdown of the Year: Scientific Fraud
  Jennifer Couzin Science 22 December 2006:Vol. 314. no. 5807, p. 1853
  
  Online Extras on Scientific Fraud
  Hwang et al. Controversy: Committe Report, Response, and Background
  A collection of resources including the report of a committee commissioned by the journal to review its practices in the period leading up to the publication of the 2004 and 2005 stem cell papers by Hwang et al., Science's editorial statements, the original papers, and associated news coverage.
  M. Cho et al., "Lessons of the Stem Cell Scandal," Science 311, 614 (2006)
  J. Couzin and M. Schirber, "Fraud Upends Oral Cancer Field, Casting Doubt on Prevention Trial," Science 311, 448 (2006)
  J. Couzin and K. Unger, "Cleaning Up the Paper Trail," Science 312, 38 (2006)
  D. Normile, "Panel Discredits Findings of Tokyo University Team," Science 311, 595 (2006)
  E. Kintisch, "Researcher Faces Prison for Fraud in NIH Grant Applications and Papers," Science 307, 1851 (2005)
• February 2007 book: Ethics, Prevention, and Public Health
  by Angus Dawson and Marcel Verweij
• FASEB CONFLICT OF INTEREST TOOLKIT July 17, 2007
  The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology has developed a conflict of interest toolkit to promote the adoption within the scientific community of more consistent policies and practices for disclosing and managing financial relationships between academia and industry in biomedical research.
• Hope Yen
  “FDA Seeks to Stem Conflicts of Interest”
  November 15, 2007 Washington Post
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Research Integrity
  RESEARCH MISCONDUCT FINDINGS