Reproducibility and Responsible Research Conduct with Professor Michael Kalichman, University of California
Reproducibility in research is a hot topic at the moment, especially in the areas of medical and health sciences but more generally in relation to public confidence in research.
Professor Michael Kalichman of the University of California, San Diego, will visit UQ on 23–25 July 2019 to present a public lecture on the subject of ‘Rigor and Reproducibility: Why can't we do better?’ and a series of face-to-face workshops considering issues relating to research reproducibility and responsible research conduct for early to mid-career researchers and HDR students.
In conjunction with these events, a staged reading of RCC Director Professor David Abramson’s play Purely Academic will be held featuring some well-known UQ senior academics. Purely Academic invites an honest discussion about professional ethics and practices today in academia.
RCC and UQ's Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) are co-hosting this series of events.
Professor Kalichman trained in engineering and neuropharmacology and has taught research ethics for more than 25 years. He is founding director of the Research Ethics Program since 1997, the San Diego Research Ethics Consortium since 2006, and the Ethics Service for the NIH CTSA-funded Clinical and Translational Research Institute since 2010. In addition, Kalichman is a co-founding director for the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology since 2004.
Professor Kalichman is internationally renowned as a leader in ‘train the trainer’ and training post-graduate students and early to mid-career researchers in understanding, discussing and applying research ethics and integrity in the conduct of their research.
The series of UQ events are as follows:
- Tuesday, 23 July, 10am–12pm, Workshop for early to mid-career researchers: Reproducible research: Is it really that hard?
- Tuesday, 23 July, 5pm–7pm, Public lecture and panel: Rigor and Reproducibility: "Why can't we do better?"
- Wednesday, 24 July, 9.30am–1pm, Workshop for early to mid-career researchers: Mentoring for Responsible Science
- Wednesday, 24 July, 5.30pm–8pm, Play: Purely Academic. Drinks, canapes and discussion from 6.45pm.
- Thursday, 25 July, 10am–12:30pm, Workshop: Research Integrity in Practice.
Professor Michael Kalichman