Are you facing a scientific or clinical conflict? Do you need help with scientific collaborations, authorship disputes, career mentoring, scientific misconduct, and more?
We can help you navigate concerns about breakdowns in scientific collaborations, authorship disputes, career mentoring, scientific misconduct, and more. We can also help scientists and clinicians proactively establish healthy scientific collaborations.
Building A Healthy Research Environment
We can help people foster a healthy and productive research environment by engaging in effective communication, healthy conflict management, and fair decision-making.
Our commitment to you
We are committed to upholding the highest professional standards and integrity in all aspects of our role. Our commitment is guided by the following principles.
We keep all communications (including the act of contacting our office) in confidence.
We strive to understand the concerns of everyone involved without taking sides or advocating for particular outcomes.
Working with us is never mandatory.
We operate without interference from NIH leadership or other offices.
Working with us does not initiate any investigations, grievances, or other administrative processes.
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