ConflictMetrics.Com visualizes research funding and exposes the systemic effects of conflicts of interest in biomedical research. From free lunches to paid travel, kickbacks to scientists threatens the integrity of research.
ConflictMetrics.com explores what happens when industry funded trial and conflicts of interest
accumulate. The project is actively developing new tools and dynamic data visualization applications designed to help researchers, policy-makers, providers, patients, and the public explore and better understand the circulation of conflicts of interest and the aggregate effects of that circulation.
You can find Conflict Metrics at http://conflictmetrics.com/
For more information, please reach out to:
S. Scott Graham
Department of Rhetoric and Writing
University of Texas, Austin
sscottgraham.com
ssg at utexas dot edu