“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 launches new PubMed tool to strengthen research replication and reproducibility
Source: National Institutes of Health Linked Discoveries is an experimental tool to help scientists see how individual research findings relate to the larger body of biomedical evidence.
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Nominee to lead FDA aims to speed up medical research, combat China’s rise
Source: STAT Heidi Overton plans to tell senators she will speed up biomedical research, working with FDA staff.
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Research Integrity Could Become the New Funding Edge
Source: JD Supra A proposed Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rule could materially change how federal agencies evaluate research integrity in funding decisions.
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National Academies Release New Edition of Widely Used Guide to Responsible Research
Source: National Academies A new edition of “On Being a Scientist: A Guide to the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research” reflects the evolution of the scientific enterprise since the last version published in 2009.
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Technology Ethics
A Collection of HBR’s Most Insightful Research on AI at Work
Source: Harvard Business Review Research on AI in the workplace can show us how the technology is really being used and what it does to the way we work.
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When AI Directs Lab Experiments, Who Signs Off on Safety?
Source: Lab Manager Anthropic’s new biology lab raises questions about biosafety review, approval boundaries, and human oversight when AI directs automated experiments.
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Compliance
DOJ Revises Justice Manual to Strengthen False Claims Act Enforcement
Source: U.S. Department of Justice Today, the Department of Justice announced revisions to the Justice Manual to strengthen its fight against fraud under the False Claims Act through clearer standards that promote fair and effective enforcement.
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What a Healthcare Compliance Attorney Heard at the OCR’s HIPAA Security Conference
Source: The HIPAA Journal Over two days I heard presentations from and spoke with OCR leadership, with security practitioners, and with the people who carry compliance responsibility inside healthcare organizations.
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FDA Single IRB Rule for Multisite Trials Set for December 2026
Source: The Clinical Trial Vanguard FDA Single IRB Rule for multisite trials advances to final rule status in December 2026, ending parallel IRB review for FDA-regulated studies.
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Safety
At least five candidates vie to become the next WHO leader, as questions over U.S. role loom
Source: STAT At least five candidates are in the running to become the next director-general of the WHO, a job that will come with extraordinary challenges.
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Trump Officials Revise How Title IX Sex Discrimination Rules Are Enforced
Source: The New York Times The change follows a court ruling barring Title IX from protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people and has angered advocates for sexual assault survivors.
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