Policies

The primary goals of this Involuntary Leave Policy are to protect the well-being and safety of Washington University in St. Louis students and the university community and to preserve the integrity of the university’s academic, residential and administrative functions.

Employees conducting business on behalf of Washington University in St. Louis have a responsibility to do so in a manner that is objective and ethical. The goal of all such business dealings must be to benefit the university.

WashU principal investigators or tissue repository staff are permitted to share blood and tissue samples with other investigators at WashU, investigators at different research institutions and private industry for research purposes, but only after appropriate informed consent has been obtained from the patients involved.

To facilitate technology transfer, the university needs to provide an organizational structure and procedures through which inventions and discoveries made in the course of university research are made readily available to the public through channels of commerce.