@alexia-coffer you stated,  The three aspects of sustainability identified as “Triple Bottom Line,” or alternatively “Triple P: people, planet, and profit” show the balance or harmony between economic, social, and environmental aspects. These three pillars, however, are not stable but…   Read more»

Is the FDA ethical? The FDA ethics may come into question but I am not sure if it is a question of ethics because ethics can be debatable. The FDA is an agency within a branch of government and follows…   Read more»

Not finishing a project on academia can lead to a feeling of inadequacy and failure for those who where on the project. Grant money is crucial for academia projects, or researchers cant get their work done, and some others cannot…   Read more»

Initially I thought I wanted to go into Academia, but recently I would rather go into Industry. I feel as though academia is a great place to be and explore your options with the help of your school, the pace…   Read more»

I think there can be a sort of disconnect when people talk about food animals and research animals. Maybe people think better of the animals being used feed them, then the animals their drugs are being tested on. What I…   Read more»

The consequences of not finishing research in academia are more so on the students’ fear of failing or fear of success. Students who want to succeed are often, understandably, afraid of failure. Similarly, parents of students are afraid of seeing…   Read more»

Clinical trials are time-consuming, expensive, and often burdensome on patients. Clinical trials can fail for many reasons. Clinical trials for pharmaceuticals and medical devices offer many opportunities for failure. Failures can arise from a lack of efficacy, issues with safety,…   Read more»

The single greatest decision on many projects is selecting a vendor to provide software or services. The methods used for soliciting, evaluating, and negotiating with vendors, however, are often not reviewed later for their impact on the eventual success of…   Read more»

I think the consequences of not finishing research in academia is more of the researcher having felt like they have not met their goals. In research the goal is always to answer the question that you want the answer to….   Read more»

Research for now and for the future are particularly important and necessary. I consider research now to be like industry research which is very fast paced, and this allows researchers to feel a sense of immediate impact on patient lives….   Read more»

For as long as I can remember when it comes to testing new medicines and other treatments that could potentially save humans it has been tested on animals. I do not believe it is unethical to test on animals. The…   Read more»

As highlighted before risk management and training are critical aspects of ensuring quality of medical devices. The research conducted during risk assessment lays out scenarios that illustrates a medical device’s potential use and misuse, financial implications or barriers, as well as…   Read more»

This guidelines are a good start to helping to outline and provide ethical standards to uphold. However, everyone that is involved in the animal research process needs to hold themselves accountable. The reason being is that the unethical mistreatment of…   Read more»

I found this question very interesting. A brief smaller scale example of the negative light that may be associated with this is when four researchers from the University of Missouri tested hyaluronic acid eyedrops on beagle puppies (less than a…   Read more»

Research Models are very generally described as either quantitative or qualitative. Quantitative models are normally compact representations where a single differential equation can describe system performance regarding a large set of input functions and initial parameters (usually portrayed in a…   Read more»

The two major platforms that I have seen being used on this forum is Slack and Microsoft teams. I have used both with different internships and found that Microsoft teams is great in a work environment because it tells you…   Read more»