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Interactions with Industry/External Organizations

  • Maintain all external professional activities for pay (EPAP) requests at the ;
  • Submit accurate information and update your Conflict of Interest or Vendor Relations disclosures to the University at ;
  • Provide full disclosure of financial interests in other writing, speaking, and teaching engagements; and
  • Review your information on the to ensure its accuracy and consistency with your University disclosures.

Related Policy Links and Brief Descriptions

SOM/HCS Vendor Relations Policy
This Policy provides guidelines to the 黑料网 Health Care System (黑料网HCS) and the University of the School of Medicine (SOM) Covered Personnel on how to engage with Vendors in ways that protect personal and institutional integrity. Covered Personnel are required to disclose all financial relationships at the time of any proposed activity under the terms of this Policy at the .


This policy describes the University’s approach and process for identifying, reviewing, and managing individual relationships to help assure the integrity of University academic and administrative endeavors.


This policy defines external professional activities for pay (EPAP) as any activity that:

  1. is not included within one鈥檚 University employment responsibilities;
  2. is performed for any entity, public or private, other than the University employer;
  3. is undertaken for compensation; and
  4. is based upon the professional knowledge, experience and abilities of the EPA employee.

All Faculty and EPA non-Faculty employees are required to file a 鈥淣otice of Intent to Engage in EPAP鈥 request through the online system at least ten (10) days before engaging in the external activity at the .

Research Integrity

Compliance is operationalized or incorporated into the teaching, research, and health care missions through a distributed network of program offices, School committees, academic unit leadership and 黑料网 Health Care partners. We invite University researchers, students and administrators to call on us for assistance with training, policies, procedures or problem-solving. More information can be found at the .

In July 2020, the University established a new division, Institutional Integrity and Risk Management, that houses Conflict of Interest, Privacy and Export Control to support campus wide compliance in these domains. 听More information can be found at the .

Ethics Point:

The is a secure method through which to submit an anonymous report regarding research compliance either online or by telephone. All reports submitted through the Compliance Line will be given careful attention by appropriate 黑料网-Chapel Hill offices and officials.

黑料网 Policy and Procedures on Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct:

This 听applies to all research conducted under the auspices of the University, regardless of the source of financial support, and is limited to addressing research misconduct as defined by federal statute (fabrication or falsification of data and plagiarism).

Contacts

Heather Skinner, JD
SOM Director of Research Integrity and Compliance
skinnerh@email.unc.edu
919-260-8086

Eric Everett, PhD
Institutional Research Integrity Officer
Eric_Everett@unc.edu