A Survey of Attitudes and Actions on Dual Use Research in the Life Sciences A Collaborative Effort of the National Research Council and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2009) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix C: Final Questionnaire
Appendix C: Final Questionnaire
Pages 155-164
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under the auspices of the National Institutes of Health to contemplate the possibility and impact of greater oversight for life sciences research to prevent or mitigate deliberate misuse. The NSABB identified several categories of life science experiments that it feels should bear greater scrutiny.
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Are you currently conducting or managing research in the life sciences? Yes No (goes to question 5)
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Yes No The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) has identified a subset of life sciences research that they believe may be worthwhile but may also need special review.
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Should professional science societies have codes for the responsible conduct of dual use life sciences research? Yes No Don't know 12.
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. Certification of researchers conducting dual use research Greater restrictions on access to specific biological agents or toxins Licensure of certain biological equipment that is commonly used in life science research Restrictions on disclosure of details about the research or its findings through personal communication Alteration or removal of certain experimental methods or findings prior to publication or presentation Restrictions on publication of findings based on dual use potential Classification of research findings based on dual use potential
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Strongly Neutral/ Strongly agree Agree No opinion Disagree disagree 19. University and college students should receive educational lectures and materials on dual use life sciences research including the potential that knowledge, tools, and techniques of such research that could pose a threat to national security.
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that knowledge, tools, or techniques from dual use life sciences research will facilitate an act of bioterrorism in the next 5 years?
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28. Do the following means of communication provide sufficient information for an individual with college-level life science training to deliberately create a harmful biological agent?
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(If currently unemployed or retired, please select the discipline that most closely matches your last occupation.) Agricultural Science Biochemistry Biomedical Engineering Biotechnology Botany Cell Biology Ecology Endocrinology/Physiology Genetics Geology/Soil Sciences/Geography Immunology Marine Biology Medicine Microbiology Molecular Biology Neuroscience Pharmacology Zoology Other: ________________________
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164 APPENDIX C 35. Do you have any additional comments regarding regulation and oversight of dual use research you would like federal policy makers to consider?
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