Campus COI Committee

The Campus COI Committee is responsible for the review and management of reported or otherwise identified potential COIs on behalf of Duke's Campus Schools and related Centers (Arts and Sciences and Trinity College, The Fuqua School of Business, Divinity School, School of Law, Nicholas School of the Environment, and Pratt School of Engineering).

The Committee's primary function is to protect the integrity of Duke's research and education missions, as well as the integrity of the organization and the individual.

Where management of a potential COI is required, the Committee works with the faculty member involved to consider all facts available to it and develop a management plan. Once developed, all management plans will be acknowledged by the individual, tracked over time, and monitored.

The Campus COI Committee is appointed by the Provost. The Committee consists of six faculty members and such members of the Duke administration as are needed to serve as resources for the committee.

Committee Members

Chair of the Committee:

• James N. Siedow [2], Ph.D.
  Vice Provost for Research [3]
  Professor, Department of Biology [4]
  Phone: 919.681.6438

Faculty Representatives:

• Ashutosh Chilkoti [5], Ph.D. (Term ending July 2012)
  Professor, Biomedical Engineering [6]
  Phone: 919.660.5373
• Joel C. Huber [7], Ph.D. (Term ending July 2010)
  Professor, The Fuqua School of Business [8]
  Phone: 919.660.7785
• Nan M. Jokerst [9], Ph.D. (Term ending July 2010)
  Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering [10]
  Phone: 919.660.5503
• Wayne Norman [11], Ph.D. (Term ending July 2011)
  Professor, Philosophy [12]
  Phone: 919.660.3190
• Eric John Toone [13], Ph.D. (Term ending July 2012)
  Professor, Department of Chemistry [14]
  Phone: 919.681.3484
• Arti K. Rai [15], J.D. (Term ending July 2011)
  Professor, School of Law [16]
  Phone: 919.613.7276

Ex Officio Members:

• Judith Dillon [17], CRA
  Director, Office of Research Support [18]
  Phone: 919.681.8689
• Lorna Hicks [19], CIP (Oversees Campus IRB)
  Associate Director, Office of Research Support [18]
  Phone: 919.681.8773
• Ralph McCaughan [20], LL.B.
  Associate University Counsel
  Phone: 919.684.3955
• Ross McKinney, Jr. [21], M.D.
  Chair, School of Medicine COI Committee
  Director, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, & History of Medicine [22]
  Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  Phone: 919.668.9000
• Joan M. Podleski [23]
  Director, Institutional Ethics and Compliance, Office of Internal Audits [24]
  Phone: 919.613.7627
• Robert L. Taber [25], Ph.D.
  Vice Chancellor, Corporate & Venture Development [26]
  Phone: 919.684.3628

Committee Coordinator:

• Steven Abels [27], CRA
  Assistant Director for Compliance
  Office of Research Support [28]
  Phone: 919.681.8540

Contacts:

Jim

Jim Siedow, Ph.D.

Steven

Steven Abels, CRA, RCC, Notary Public