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A Review of Responses to the OSTP Memo, or, A Journey Through the Land of AcronymsA supplementary slide presentation prepared for the 2015 e-Science Symposium by Margaret Henderson, Director of Research Services, Virginia Commonwealth University and Rebecca Reznik-Zellen, Head of Research and Scholarly Communication Services, Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School. This slide deck is an overview of some of the main points of the federal department plans created in response to the OSTP Memo that requires public access to papers and data produced with government funds. Specifically, this covers HHS, DOD, DOE, NASA, and NSF responses.
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Librarians, funders, and the 2013 OSTP Public Access and Open Data MemorandaFunding agencies have largely incorporated into their documentation methods to increase public access to research, as laid out by the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s 2013 memoranda. As such, librarians and scientists are at a critical point of change in practice and standards, including data management planning, transparent research processes, and disseminating data as widely as possible. This poster provides an overview of the OSTP guidelines and the responses to these guidelines by the NSF and the NIH. Based on this overview, there are clear areas where librarians can help improve how scientists respond to and comply with the Public Access policies, and some suggestions for future steps are provided. With a better understanding of the memoranda, and examples of areas where we can engage and improve practice, librarians will be prepared to provide policy-based guidance and advocacy at their own campuses.
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National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Physical Activity and Health for Wheelchair UsersHealth benefits of physical activity are well recognized in the general population for reducing the risk of chronic health conditions. Less is known about the effects of physical activity on people currently using or who may use wheeled mobility devices in the future, specifically individuals with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injury who are at increased likelihood for use of a wheeled mobility device. On December 1-3, 2020, the National Institutes of Health convened the Pathways to Prevention workshop: "Can Physical Activity Improve the Health of Wheelchair Users?" to consider the available scientific evidence on the clinical benefits and harms of physical activity for people currently using or who may use wheeled mobility devices in the future, with the aim of developing recommendations to fill gaps in the evidence base. A multidisciplinary team of content area experts developed the agenda and an evidence-based practice center prepared the evidence report. An independent panel, selected by the National Institutes of Health, attended the workshop; convened to develop recommendations on the basis of the systematic review, presentations, and public comments received during the workshop; and revised recommendations based on public comments received. This final report summarizes the panel's findings and identifies current gaps in knowledge. The panel made recommendations for new research efforts, including novel methods and new research infrastructure to improve the evidence base about the effects of physical activity on people currently using or who may use wheeled mobility devices in the future.
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Show Me the Data! Data Sharing Practices Demonstrated in Published UMass Chan ResearchIn the interest of making data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will institute a new Research Data Management and Sharing Policy in January 2023. This policy will require researchers applying for NIH funding to submit a Data Management and Sharing Plan. As 63% of grant dollars received by UMass Chan Medical School researchers comes from the NIH, we explored whether UMass Chan researchers are currently sharing data associated with their published research. PubMed was searched for articles published in 2019 with a UMass Chan researcher as either the first or last author. These articles were then examined for evidence of original or reused data, the type of data, whether the article stated that data was available, and where and how to find that data. Of the 713 articles found with a UMass Chan first and/or last author, 535 were research articles that produced original data or reused existing data. Of those articles with data, 57.4% (307) were NIH funded, 17.2% (92) had a data availability statement, and 10.8% had data deposited in a repository. This poster will highlight how the results of the study will inform our library services for researchers and provide tips on making UMass Chan data FAIR.
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The Challenge of Maintaining our Physician-Scientist WorkforceAs part of the mini-symposium entitled "The Challenge of Maintaining our Physician-Scientist Workforce," Dr. Flotte, who is Dean, Provost and Executive Deputy Chancellor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, discusses strategies for recruiting and promoting physician scientists in the face of demands to sustain institutional funding and grow the institution’s overall research reputation.
