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What CITI Program is Reading – March 1, 2022

“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.


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Department of Defense Awards $28.7M in Grants for the FY2021 Minerva Research Initiative Source: U.S. Department of Defense The Defense Department announced awards of $28.7 million in grants to 17 university-based faculty teams through the FY2021 Minerva Research Initiative to support research in social and behavioral science. Read The Full Article
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The giant plan to track diversity in research journals Source: Nature Efforts to chart and reduce bias in scholarly publishing will ask authors, reviewers and editors to disclose their race or ethnicity. Read The Full Article
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Jackson Hospital Suffers Patient Data Exfiltration Incident Source: Health IT Security Recent data breaches consisted of a data exfiltration incident at Florida-based Jackson Hospital and improper PHI access by an employee at Michigan Medicine. Read The Full Article
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There's a Reason 90% of Drugs Fail Clinical Trials, And We Can Fix It Source: Science Alert It takes 10 to 15 years and around US$1 billion to develop one successful drug. Despite these significant investments in time and money, 90 percent of drug candidates in clinical trials fail. Read The Full Article
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Justice Department shutters China Initiative, launches broader strategy to counter nation-state threats Source: Washington Post The Justice Department is shuttering its controversial China Initiative and replacing it with a broader strategy aimed at countering espionage, cyberattacks and other threats posed by a range of countries, a top official said Wednesday. Read The Full Article
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Clinical trials are ailing - Britain invented clinical trials. Now it wants to reinvent them Source: The Economist Britain invented clinical trials. Now it wants to reinvent them. Read The Full Article
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States Ask Ed Dept. for Funding Waivers Source: Inside Higher Ed If the Department of Education decides to grant the maintenance-of-effort waivers, they could have an impact on higher education funding in those states in future years. Read The Full Article
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MIT Applies Neuroscience in Efforts to Overcome Artificial Intelligence Bias Source: Psychology Today New AI machine-learning study applies a solution inspired by the human brain. Read The Full Article
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How to create data management policies for unstructured data Source: Venture Beat With unstructured data growing at an unprecedented rate, now is the time to hunker down on the idea of data management policy automation. Read The Full Article