“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
Research on metal-organic frameworks gets the chemistry Nobel Prize
Source: NPR From capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or sucking water out of dry desert air, the trio's new form of molecular architecture can absorb and contain gases inside metal organic frameworks.
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How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research
Source: The New York Times Many drug trials are vetted by companies with ties to the drugmakers, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and patient safety.
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WHO launches the Global Clinical Trials Forum
Source: World Health Organization WHO has today launched the Global Clinical Trials Forum (GCTF), a global, multi-stakeholder network to strengthen clinical trial environments and infrastructure at national, regional and global levels.
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Technology Ethics
AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds
Source: Science Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings.
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Safety
CDC Immunization Schedule Adopts Individual-Based Decision-Making for COVID-19 and Standalone Vaccination for Chickenpox in Toddlers
Source: CDC CDC updated updated its adult and child immunization schedules to apply individual-based decisions.
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Workplace Violence Costs U.S. Hospitals Over $18 Billion Each Year, Study Finds
Source: Campus Safety Magazine A new report from the American Hospital Association reveals healthcare facilities paid over $13 billion in 2023 for the medical care of employees injured in hospital workplace violence incidents.
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Safeguarding accuracy in clinical testing
Source: Medical Laboratory Observer Hemolysis happens when red blood cells rupture, releasing their contents into the sample. This can really interfere with lab tests, leading to falsely elevated potassium levels, possibly leading to serious misdiagnosis or inappropriate treatment.
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Compliance
What ‘federal funding cuts’ really mean for health systems
Source: Becker's Hospital Review Historically, hospitals and health systems have rarely pointed to federal policy shifts as a factor in decisions around closures, layoffs or service reductions.
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Update on Medicare Operations: Telehealth, Claims Processing, and Medicare Administrative Contractors Status During the Shutdown
Source: CMS Beginning October 1, 2025, many of the statutory limitations that were in place for Medicare telehealth services prior to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency will take effect again for services that are not behavioral and mental health services.
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Higher Education
White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement to Get Funding Advantage
Source: The Wall Street Journal An initial round of nine schools, including Dartmouth, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania, are being asked to sign a wide-ranging “compact.”
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Higher Ed’s H-1B Visas in 4 Charts
Source: Inside Higher Ed More than 16,700 employees at colleges and universities got H-1B visas approved in fiscal year 2025, but they are concentrated at 100 large research institutions.
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