Improving the trustworthiness, usefulness, and ethics of biomedical research through an innovative and comprehensive institutional initiative.

ABSTRACT: The reproducibility crisis triggered worldwide initiatives to improve rigor, reproducibility, and transparency in biomedical research. There are many examples of scientists, journals, and funding agencies adopting responsible research practices. The QUEST (Quality-Ethics-Open Science-Translation) Center offers a unique opportunity to examine the role of institutions. The Berlin Institute of Health founded QUEST to increase the likelihood that research conducted at this large academic medical center would be trustworthy, useful for scientists and society, and ethical. QUEST researchers perform "science of science" studies to understand problems with standard practices and develop targeted solutions. The staff work with institutional leadership and local scientists to incentivize and support

SUBMITTER: Strech D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7012388 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature