RCR: Close Encounters of the Authorship Kind – Why You Need an Authorship Agreement

Presented by Gretchen White, PhD, MPH, Institute for Clinical Research Education, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Clinical Translational Science at University of Pittsburgh 

What is an Authorship Agreement? Do you really need one? In this session, we’ll look at several examples of authorship misconduct highlighted in the scientific literature, share evidence of the need for an authorship agreement at the University of Pittsburgh, and introduce a newly developed, easy-to-use online Authorship Agreement that you can customize for your own use. (subject matter: responsible authorship)