Word: howley
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...Peter M. Howley, chair of the HMS department of pathology, says HMS lab research is often supported by large corporations such as Smith-Kline Beecham or Glaxo Wellcome. Professors are often testing new treatments in which such firms have a vested interest...
...Howley says he thinks conflict is most likely to arise in cases where a Faculty member leads research in a direction from which he or she could benefit financially or otherwise...
...while some critics of the policy fear that it may be a handicap in Harvard's efforts to attract new faculty members, Howley says this should not be a concern...
Even at HMS, Howley says, as long as professors are open with the students they teach about their outside financial interests, it is unlikely that a conflict-of-interest would arise in the classroom...