“What CITI Program is Reading” is our biweekly blog series which highlights news articles curated by our staff and relevant to research, higher education, healthcare, technology, and more. Follow us on LinkedIn for upcoming editions and more information from CITI Program.
Research
NIH is ending a key grant for budding clinical researchers
Source: Science Agency will no longer allow K career awards to fund clinical trials.
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China tightens the reins on clinical trials, even as the U.S. looks for ways to replicate its rival’s speed
Source: STAT China has tightened regulations on investigator-initiated trials, with consequences not just for Chinese researchers but some Americans, too.
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Mind hacking: Stanford neuroscientist seeks to decode the brain’s toughest riddles
Source: CNN Stanford neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth is decoding the human brain to understand how our emotions are formed.
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A HeLa Lawsuit Is Over. The Ethics Debate Over Human Samples Isn't.
Source: The Scientist Earlier this year, the Lacks estate settled a lawsuit regarding a company’s profiting off of HeLa cells. The case serves as a reminder of the importance of proper ethics in human research.
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Technology Ethics
ORI's Guidance on Generative Artificial Intelligence Released
Source: The Office of Research Integrity This guidance document covers several areas addressed by the updated regulation as it relates to the use of generative AI in research misconduct proceedings.
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This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature
Source: The New York Times Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.
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Rogue hacking AIs have changed the cybersecurity landscape
Source: New Scientist Attackers with no technical skills can now use AI models to find and exploit loopholes quickly and they can deploy them on a massive scale.
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AI professors are negotiating the new realities of academic research
Source: MIT Technology Review At a convening for the Schmidt Sciences AI2050 program, I saw how academic researchers are facing up to the challenges of the AI era.
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Compliance
Delaware passes laws on hospital price caps, PE purchases, financial assistance
Source: Fierce Healthcare A trio of healthcare bills passed through Delaware Governor Matt Meyer’s desk that brings a temporary ban on private equity’s hospital purchases and sets a multi-year phase-in of hospital price caps.
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Department of Health and Human Services Met Many Requirements, but It Did Not Fully Comply With the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 for Fiscal Year 2025
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 requires the OIG to review and report on agencies’ annual improper payment information to determine compliance with PIIA.
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Department of War Orders Research Security Audits at 30 Academic Institutions
Source: U.S. Department of War The War Department issued formal notifications to 30 domestic academic institutions, directing them to initiate immediate and comprehensive reviews of their academic, financial and research collaborations with foreign entities of concern.
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