Conflicts of Interest
§ Columbia requires that non-student investigators
file annual COI statements
§ Must declare any financial compensation or
other interests in companies or boards of
corporations, or consulting income remotely
related to one’s research
§ If you decide to publish your thesis, medical
journals generally require you and your
coauthors to make a statement that you had no
conflict of interest or to declare openly any
potential conflict/financial interest that you may
have related to the study