Research

WashU faculty and staff who execute clinical trials subject to the FDA policy, the NIH policy, or the ICMJE policy should register (or ensure the registration of) all trials as required.

Scholarly integrity and the responsible conduct and reporting of research are essential for maintaining public trust in the research enterprise, and for community benefit from research discovery.

I. Intellectual Property Policy 1. Preamble The primary functions of a University are education, research, the expansion of knowledge and the application of that knowledge to advance the common good. It is in the context of advancing the common good that Washington University in St. Louis supports and encourages efforts directed toward bringing the fruits […]

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.