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WORKSHOP FOR EMERGING SCIENTISTS

SCHEDULE, 2002-2003

The Workshops meet in 815 Meyer Hall on selected Thursdays, 5:00-6:30pm.

Refreshments will be served.

DATE

TOPIC

ORGANIZER

PLACE

TIME

9/19/02

Overview: scientific responsibility

Feldman

Rm 815

5:00pm-6:30pm

10/24/02

Integrity in data analysis

Shrout

Rm 815

5:00pm-6:30pm

11/21/02

Research with human subjects

Dunne

Rm 815

5:00pm-6:30pm

3/06/03

The laboratory environment:
    the mentor; the trainee; lab safety

Feldman & Shrout

Rm 815

5:00pm-6:30pm

3/13/03

Grants: application and peer review

Feldman & Shrout

Rm 815

5:00pm-6:30pm

3/27/03

Research with animal subjects

Novotney

Rm 815

5:00pm-6:30pm

4/03/03

Presenting your work
  Today's Slides
  Documents on poster printing

Movshon

Rm 815

5:00pm-6:30pm

4/24/03

Misconduct and institutional policies

Schaffer

Rm 815

5:00pm-6:30pm


TEXTS (Distributed without cost to attendees)

Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences. On being a scientist: Responsible conduct in research. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2nd ed., 1995.

Vernon Booth. Communicating in Science. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed., 1993.

Society for Neuroscience. Responsible conduct regarding scientific communication. J. Neurosci., 1999, 19 (1): iii- xvi.

OPTIONAL (Available in CNS Reading Room, Meyer 808)

Edward R. Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 1983.

 

FACULTY

Martha Dunne, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs

Carol Novotney, Director, Office of Lab Animal Services

Samuel M. Feldman*, Professor & DGS, Center for Neural Science

S. Andrew Schaffer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, NYU

J. Anthony Movshon, Professor, Center for Neural Science

Patrick E. Shrout*, Professor, Department of Psychology

*Course Organizers



OTHER MATERIALS TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Syllabus: Workshops for Emerging Scientists, 2002-2003.

Faculty Handbook, NYU: Principles & Procedures for Dealing With Allegations of
            Faculty Misconduct in Scientific Research, 1986.

Nat'l Acad. of Sci's: On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conducting Research, 2nd ed., 1995.

S. J. Garte: Guidelines for the Ethical Conduct of Research, NYU Medical Center, 1994.

Amer. Psychological Assn.: Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, 1992.

Society For Neuroscience: Policy on Ethics. J. Neuroscience, Vol. 16, #1, Jan 1, 1996.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: Integrity and Misconduct in Research, 1995.

NIH: Requirement for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research..., 1994.

David Goodstein: What Do We Mean When We Use the Term 'Science Fraud'? 1992.

Johns Hopkins Sch of Med: Rules & Guidelines for Responsible Conduct of Research, 1994.

Web Pages:

            SCIFRAUD address. A list for discussion of misconduct in science.
            Graduate Student Resources on the Web. URLs for grad school survival.
            What Every New Grad Student Should Know. More URLs for survival.
            Research Ethics. URLs that deal with research ethics.




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