This book follows Dr. Redman’s 2023 book, Reconstructing Research Integrity by addressing in much greater depth one of the most consequential but ill-defined constructs in research integrity – conflict of interest (COI). COI in biomedical research is ubiquitous but so poorly defined that its frequency and consequences can rarely be identified. Many research sectors and actors have little to no guidance about how to identify and manage their own COI or those of the institutions and sectors in which they work. In addition, while the current political climate casts doubt on the existence/relevance of COI, the starkness of its tactics can provide an opportunity to move COI management beyond even the current level considered acceptable.

Progress in Research Integrity is ideal for research administrators, policy advisors, researchers, and consultants. 

Barbara K. Redman is Associate, Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She has an extensive list of publications in research integrity, research misconduct and research ethics in general. Through a Fogarty training grant to NYU and the University of Ghana, Dr. Redman teaches research integrity to Ghanian Fogarty Fellows who are addressing, through empirical and theoretical work, issues of research integrity in their own country. As a Senior Fellow in the GE2P2 Global Foundation, she leads teams providing consultation on issues of research integrity to large and small global pharmaceutical/biotech companies. Dr. Redman has served the US Office of Research Integrity as a research grant reviewer and as a Special Consultant. She served for several years on the Wayne State University School of Medicine IRB and has been a reviewer for a wide range of bioethics and related journals.

In addition to the PhD, Dr. Redman holds a masters degree in bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania, was a Visiting Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, a Fellow in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, a Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics and a Network Fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. She holds honorary doctorates from Georgetown University and the University of Colorado.