SOPHIA JUI-AN PAN, PHD is a Visiting Research Fellow for the Bioethics Research Center at Washington University School of Medicine in the Division of General Medical Sciences. Pan completed her PhD in education (eLearning) at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. Her current research foci include three areas: (1) research integrity and ethics as they relate to knowledge, misconceptions, and attitudes that are prevalent among graduate students and scientists; (2) instructional methods and strategies, especially those that are online, for imparting ethics education to learners; and (3) the challenges of supporting research integrity in the face of publication pressures (e.g., the ethics of authorship), particularly in East Asian academia.

Dr. Pan is currently an Instructional Designer and Executive Secretary at the Center for Taiwan Academic Research Ethics Education (Ministry of Education, Taiwan). She is also a content contributor of Research Integrity Newsletter published monthly by the Office of Research Integrity, Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan.

Postdoctoral Research Abroad Program, Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan

(08/01/2019 – 07/31/2020)

This project includes two research topics. First, we are investigating the warning signs of a problematic mentoring relationship in research and mentors’ responses to these signs. We are particularly interested in the cultural differences among these warning signs. Second, we are assessing Taiwanese local academia’s needs for a professional development program (i.e., Professionalism and Integrity in Research Program), including the operationally appropriate ways to conduct the Program in Taiwan. Sisk BA, Baker JN. Microethics of communication-hidden roles of bias and heuristics in the words we choose. JAMA Pediatrics. 2018. PMID:30357382