Public Health Schools Must Guard Against Conflicts of Interest

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Schools of public health are increasingly dependent on external funding to pursue research that [...]advances the health of populations—a challenge that requires extra protections against potential conflicts of interest posed by corporate and other entities, write two School of Public Health scholars in a JAMA Viewpoint article.

Dean Sandro Galea and Richard Saitz, professor and chair of community health sciences, write that schools of public health have little choice but to accept external funding for research in these times of reduced federal and state dollars, as divesting from such sources would mean limiting the public health mission that requires engaging with multiple sectors, as well as narrowing the scope of work.

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