“What CITI Program is Reading” is our weekly 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.
Federal Privacy Law Has Momentum, but There’s a Catch
Source: The Markup Many countries in the world have baseline privacy laws that set minimum standards for all kinds of data use. The United States does not.
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Journal Prestige Still Matters
Source: Inside Higher Ed A global survey of academics finds citation scores remain highly important factors in how scholars judge each other, despite international efforts to reduce their impact.
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Single-cell studies offer a new view of how HIV infections persist—and might be cured
Source: Science Microfluidic devices reveal gene expression of cells harboring latent virus.
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Lack of diversity in clinical trials costs billions of dollars. Incentives can spur innovation
Source: STAT News Following the money leads to one of the best ways to turn around the problem of underrepresentation in clinical trials: financial incentives.
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The trust-builder: a cancer center director’s try-it-all strategy for breaking the barriers between research and Black patients
Source: STAT News “How do you treat someone with a drug if they have an unstable housing issue, and they can’t even come back for the therapies? All of these things are critical to reducing the cancer disparity gap.”
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Self-assessed Competencies of Clinical Research Professionals and Recommendations for Further Education and Training
Source: Springer Link The Joint Task Force for Clinical Trial Competency (JTF) conducted a global survey of clinical research professionals requesting respondents to self-assess their competencies in each of the eight domains of its Core Competency Framework version 3.1.
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What a big new U.S. law that reshapes science agencies could mean for researchers
Source: Science CHIPS and Science Act creates NSF tech directorate and reflects fresh focus on applied research.
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