Research culture in biomedicine: what we learned, and what we would like to do about it

Alexa T McCray; David Van Vactor; James Gould; Xiuqi Li; Jelena Patrnogić; Caroline Shamu; Mary C Walsh

doi:10.1038/s42003-024-06237-y

Research culture in biomedicine: what we learned, and what we would like to do about it

Commun Biol. 2024 May 7;7(1):546. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-06237-y.

Authors

Alexa T McCray^#¹, David Van Vactor^#², James Gould³, Xiuqi Li², Jelena Patrnogić², Caroline Shamu⁴, Mary C Walsh⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. [email protected].
² Blavatnik Institute of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Office for Postdoctoral Fellows, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Maidstone Consulting Group, LLC, Boston, MA, USA.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

The significant stressors that affect the biomedical research community have the potential to negatively impact the conduct of science. Here we report on work done at Harvard Medical School to identify areas for improvement in research rigor, reproducibility, and responsibility in pursuit of continued research excellence.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research*
Humans
Organizational Culture