Competing Interests of the PLOS Medicine Editors

Monetary or in kind compensation for self or household member from an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially or in any other way from the publication of papers in PLOS Medicine

Reimbursement for attending a conference or symposium.

• Open Society Foundation covered my travel (from London), meal, and lodging expenses to attend a conference in Berlin hosted by OSF's Access to Medicines Initiative on “Changing the narrative on pharmaceutical drug development, accountability and global health” in November 2013.
• I attended the American Medical School Student Association convention in March 2014 as an invited speaker, with travel expenses paid by the AMSA Just Medicine program (formerly PharmFree Campaign).
• I attended the World Health Organization Consultation on Data and Results Sharing during Public Health Emergencies (Geneva on September 1-2, 2015). WHO invited me and covered my travel expenses.

Accommodation and travel. See above.

Fees for speaking. No.

Fees for organizing education. No.

Funds for research or for a member of staff. No.

Fees for consulting. I received approximately $400 in stipends for past service on the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee of the San Francisco Health Plan, a non-for-profit organization that administers managed care programs serving patients with government-funded insurance (MediCal)

Employment of self or household member by an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in PLOS Medicine

I am a volunteer faculty member at the University of California San Francisco, with teaching responsibilities at San Francisco General Hospital.

Stocks or shares

I hold several employment-related retirement accounts including a variety of mutual funds. I do not determine or keep track of the individual companies in which they invest.

Other competing interests

No.

Monetary or in kind compensation for self or household member from an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially or in any other way from the publication of papers in PLOS Medicine

• Reimbursement for attending a conference or symposium. No.
• Fees for speaking. No.
• Fees for organizing education. No.
• Funds for research or for a member of staff. No.
• Fees for consulting. No.

Employment of self or household member by an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in PLOS Medicine

No.

Stocks or shares

• I have contributed to the USS pension scheme. I have neither specific information nor influence about which companies the fund invests money into. My banks accounts are with UK high street banks.
• My wife and I have a £500 share in the Horningsea Community Interest Company. The community interest company was set up with the explicit aim of ensuring that a small village public house and restaurant “The Plough & Fleece” was run by and for the community. More information can be found here.

Other competing interests

• From 2003-2006 I held an Medical Research Council funded PhD studentship.
• From 2007-2011 my salary was funded by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of America.
• Through previous academic positions I personally know authors who might submit articles to PLOS journals.
• I have previously donated money to Amnesty International.

Monetary or in kind compensation for self or household member from an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially or in any other way from the publication of papers in PLOS Medicine

• Reimbursement for attending a conference or symposium. No.
• Accommodation and travel. No.
• Fees for speaking. No.
• Fees for organizing education. No.
• Funds for research or for a member of staff. No.
• Fees for consulting. No.

Employment of self or household member by an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in PLOS Medicine

No.

Stocks or shares

I have contributed to the USS pension scheme. I have neither specific information nor influence about which companies the fund invests money into. My banks accounts are with UK high street banks.

Other competing interests

From September 2005 to November 2010, I was employed by BioMed Central, a commercial open access publishing company.

Monetary or in kind compensation for self or household member from an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially or in any other way from the publication of papers in PLOS Medicine

Reimbursement for attending a conference or symposium. No.

Accommodation and travel. My partner has received travel and accommodation reimbursement from Synarc for projects related to his work.

Fees for speaking. My partner has received an honorarium from the International Association for the Study of Pain for speaking at a conference.

Fees for organizing education. No.

Funds for research or for a member of staff. My husband and I have received salary from NIH-funded research while working at Omneuron, Inc. (2007-2012).

Fees for consulting. No.

Employment of self or household member by an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in PLOS Medicine

My partner and I have been employed by Omneuron, Inc., a biotechnology company funded by US National Institutes of Health grants. My partner is employed at Synarc, Inc., a contract research organization.

Stocks or shares

• My husband and I both hold mutual fund and retirement fund investments in the USA, but have no specific information or influence about which companies the funds invests their money. I also have retirement fund investments in New Zealand and Australia, but have no specific information or influence about which companies these funds invest their money.
• My partner has stock in Corning, Inc.

Other competing interests

• From September 2007 to September 2012, I was employed by Omneuron, Inc., a biotechnology company.
• I have volunteered at University of California San Francisco from 2011.
• I personally know authors who might submit research to PLOS Medicine.
• I have donated money to NPR, the Red Cross, Abilities United, and SF Family Dog Rescue.

Monetary or in kind compensation for self or household member from an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially or in any other way from the publication of papers in PLOS Medicine

• Reimbursement for attending a conference or symposium. No.
• Accommodation and travel. No.
• Fees for speaking. No.
• Fees for organizing education. No.
• Funds for research or for a member of staff. No
• Fees for consulting. No.

Employment of self or household member by an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in PLOS Medicine

My wife is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California San Francisco, in the laboratory of Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, and she is an adjunct faculty member at University of San Francisco.

Stocks or shares

I hold several retirement accounts including a variety of mutual funds. I do not determine or keep track of the individual companies in which they invest.

Other competing interests 

No.

Monetary or in kind compensation for self or household member from an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially or in any other way from the publication of papers in PLOS Medicine

Reimbursement for attending a conference or symposium. My husband has received reimbursements for scientific conference registration fees from his employer.

Accommodation and travel. My husband has received travel and accommodation reimbursement for conference attendance from his employer.

Fees for speaking. No.

Fees for organizing education. No.

Funds for research or for a member of staff. No.

Fees for consulting. Prior to employment at PLOS, I worked within Science Editors Network as a freelance consultant, writer, and editor for various scientists in industry and academia, particularly at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Employment of self or household member by an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in PLOS Medicine

My husband is a financial analyst for the mutual fund company Capital Group. He invests and makes company-internal stock recommendations, covering the ex-USA pharmaceutical industry.

Stocks or shares

My husband and I both hold mutual fund and retirement fund investments, but do not influence stock choices within those funds.

Other competing interests

• I personally know authors who might submit research to PLOS Medicine. 
• My husband and I have donated to charities focused on human and animal welfare.