The College of Science and the Office of Research Integrity within the Division of Research and Innovation (DRI) are hosting a nine-month in-person Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training Program on one to two Fridays of each month from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in academic year 2025-2026.
This seminar series will allow you to complete your RCR training requirements in monthly sessions with presentations by OSU faculty and staff. In particular, this seminar series will allow recipients of NIH career development and training grants to meet their 8-hour, face-to-face training obligations, and for other researchers to meet their requirements and recommendations from other funding agencies. All faculty and graduate students are welcome to attend.
There will be a total of 10 sessions in AY 2025-2026. The schedule for the seminar series is available on this page and will be regularly updated as speakers and dates are confirmed.
Time: 1–2 p.m.
Date: Fridays, once or twice monthly from October 3, 2025 through June 30, 2026
Goals and objectives
The responsible conduct of research (RCR) promotes the aims of scientific inquiry, fosters a research environment that enables scientists to work together toward common goals, and promotes public confidence in scientific knowledge and progress for the public good.
Please visit the NIH Responsible Conduct of Research Training and OSU Responsible Research Practices sites for the goals and objectives of RCR training and education.
The schedule below includes 10 topics that will be covered in this seminar series and includes learning outcomes for each topic.
Communication and reminders
If you have any questions, please contact
- Vrushali Bokil ([email protected])
- Jeff Hare ([email protected])
If you would like to receive regular reminders and Calendar invites to the sessions in this seminar series, sign-up for updates and reminders of the FY26 COS-DRI Responsible Conduct of Research Training.
Seminar schedule
Topics and presenters are subject to change. Changes will be made on this website. We will try our best to communicate any changes in a timely manner.
Introduction to research integrity: Foundations, best practices, core values and guiding norms.
October 3, 2025, 1–2 p.m.
Memorial Union (MU) 13 - Multipurpose Room
- Chris Viggiani, Associate Vice President for Research Integrity, Division of Research & Innovation;
- Vrushali Bokil, Executive Associate Dean, College of Science
This lecture will cover the following topics:
- The scientist as a responsible member of society
- Contemporary ethical issues in (biomedical) research, and the environmental and societal impacts of scientific research
Responsible authorship and publication in the peer review process.
October 24, 2025, 1–2 p.m.
Weniger 149
- Davide Lazzati, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Science and Professor of Physics
This lecture will cover the following topics:
- The role of a scientist as a responsible member of society
- Understand issues that may arise in the peer review process including conflicts of Interest, personal, professional and financial
- Understand responsibility for maintaining confidentiality and security in peer review
- Uses and misuses of AI in research: security, ethics and equity
Research misconduct: Impact on science and society.
November 21, 2025
MU 104 (Journey Room)
- Eleanor Feingold, Dean, College of Science
This lecture will cover the following topics:
- The scientist as a responsible member of society
- Understanding research misconduct and policies and procedures for handling misconduct
- Questionable research practices
Ethics in animals and human subjects research
January 16, 2026
- Adrian Gombart, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Principal Investigator and Helen P. Rumbel Professor of Micronutrient Research, Linus Pauling Institute
- Eleanor Feingold, Dean of the College of Science
This lecture will cover the following topics:
- The scientist as a responsible member of society
- Policies regarding human subjects, live vertebrate animal subjects in research, and safe laboratory practices
Responsible international collaborations
February 2026 (date TBD)
- Dee Denver, Professor of Integrative Biology
This lecture will cover the following topics:
- The scientist as a responsible member of society
- Research ethics and security
- Conflicts of Interest
Mentor and mentee responsibilities and relationships
March 2026 (date TBD)
- Vrushali Bokil, Executive Associate Dean, College of Science
This lecture will cover the following topics:
- The scientist as a responsible member of society
- Conflicts of Interest
- Mentor responsibilities
- Mentee responsibilities
Promoting civility in research environments
April 2026 (date TBD)
- Marilyn Mackiewicz, Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Kameron Kadooka, Director of Equity, Access and Inclusion, College of Science
This lecture will cover the following topics:
- The scientist as a responsible member of society
- Civility issues in research environments, including but not limited to, harassment, bullying, and inappropriate behavior
Rigor, reproducibility, and data management practices: Secure and ethical use of protected data
May 2026 (date TBD)
- Speakers TBD
This lecture will cover the following topics:
- The scientist as a responsible member of society
- data acquisition and laboratory tools
- management, sharing, ownership and confidentiality
- data management record-keeping, retention, ownership, analysis, interpretation, and sharing
Protection of propriety Information and intellectual property
May 2026 (date TBD)
- Speakers TBD
This lecture will cover the following topics:
- The scientist as a responsible member of society
- Collaborative research including collaborations with industry
- Understanding copyrights, patents and trademarks and issues that can arise
Fostering responsible computing research
June 2026 (date TBD)
- Speakers TBD
This lecture will cover the following topics:
- The scientist as a responsible member of society
- Ethical and societal challenges that can arise from the development of computing technologies, from the erosion of personal privacy to the spread of false information.
- Research security and ethics
Organizing committee
- Vrushali Bokil, Executive Associate Dean, College of Science
- Jeff Hare, Research and Graduate Program Coordinator, College of Science
- Lisa Leventhal, Director for Responsible Research Practices
- Chris Viggiani, Associate Vice President, Research Integrity
References
- Fostering Integrity in Research, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2017.
- The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity – revised edition, Berlin (2023).
- Fostering Responsible Computing Research: Foundations and Practices, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2022
- Making the Right Moves A Practical Guide to Scientifıc Management for Postdocs and New Faculty, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2006.