Research Integrity and Data Management

Definition of research integrity
“The use of honest and verifiable methods in proposing, performing, and evaluating research and reporting research results with particular attention to rules, regulations, guidelines, and commonly accepted professional codes or norms.”
Source: The Office of Research Integrity

At the CHEO RI we are committed to producing the highest quality research to benefit children everywhere. Integrity in research is critical, and we are actively engaged in fostering a culture of research integrity as our Research Institute continues to flourish.

The Relationship Management Committee (RMC) is established under the authority of the Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director of the CHEO Research Institute (CEO) who is the Integrity Officer for the CHEO Research Institute. The RMC Committee is formed for the purposes of assessing conflict of interest disclosures, determining whether conflicts can be managed and, where possible, developing plans for managing relationships. The Committee also makes recommendations on the education and communication of integrity matters to staff and leaders. In the interest of maintaining the highest ethical standard and promoting accountability and transparency, the Committee is established to ensure that all integrity issues are dealt with in a fair, consistent and practical way

PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS
The Committee’s principal functions are to:

• oversee the implementation of the recommendations contained in the CHEO RI Conflict of Interest Policy and Procedures; 
• approve procedures for resolving conflicts of interest to ensure fair and consistent treatment of disclosures;
• review non-standard disclosures to determine whether and how such conflicts may be managed;
• establish standardized management plans for conflicts of interest that have been disclosed and assessed;
• oversee the monitoring of management plans;
• oversee the implementation of relationship management education and awareness;
• provide guidance to the research community in the area of relationship management; and
• report annually to the Senior Management Committee of the CHEO RI on disclosures and general trends and themes relevant to relationship management.

To read our Scientific Integrity Policy, click here

To read our Scientific Integrity Procedure, click here

Contact Us
Questions or concerns on matters of research integrity can be directed to:
Jason Berman
CEO and Scientific Director, Vice-President Research 
Email: [email protected]

At the CHEO Research Institute, there is a range of formal policies and standard operating procedures. Through our corporate orientation, staff are informed about them and how to access them. Every policy and procedure on record is reviewed and approved by our senior management team.

The CHEO Research Institute is aligned with the Tri-Agency Framework: Responsible Conduct of Research, which outlines the policies and requirements related to the grant application and management process, performing research, and disseminating results, as well as the processes that institutions must follow in the event of an allegation of a breach of one of the Tri-Councils’ policies.

Our policies and procedures are readily available to staff, trainees, and volunteers CHEO’s Intranet. If you do not have internal access and would like to see these documents please send your request to Jennilea Courtney, Director of Research Operations at the CHEO Research Institute.  

The CHEO Research Institute recognizes the importance of promoting Research Data Management (RDM) excellence and in accordance with the Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy has developed an Institutional Strategy for Research Data Management. 

The 2023/2024 strategy can be found here: CHEORI_RDM_Strategy

Questions about CHEO RI’s Research Data Management Strategy can be directed to Ivan Terekhov, Director of Research Informatics and Technology @ [email protected].

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