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00af14052db99c1d66016ce6fd71792d9957e5572e48058693cb7f7a3744219d 2020/Kurland,_Jacquie_Corrected_Dis._3.17.2020_6.pdf 2020 Jacquie Kurland   Chancellor's Office University of RECEIVED Massachusetts STATE ETHICS COMMISSION Office of the Chancellor Amherst 2020 MAR 17 PM 2: 13 March 12, 2020 Legal Division State Ethics Commission One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 RE: Disclosure under M.G.L. Chapter 268A, Section 6 Dear Sir/Madam: Pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 268A, Section 6, I enclose the following documents for filing with the Ethics Commission as required under the statute: 1. Disclosure of Financial Interest form and Memorandum, dated February 13, 2020, from Associate Professor Jacquie Kurland to request permission to extend appointment of her spouse, Polly Stokes, as a part-time (8 hours/week) Speech Language Pathologist/Lab Manager for an additional 12-month period of bridge funding (March 22, 2020 - March 21, 2021) pursuant to her recently awarded Faculty Research Grant. 2. My letter of determination, dated March 12, 2020, which permits Associate Professor Jacquie Kurland to extend appointment of her spouse, Polly Stokes, as a part-time (8 hours/week) Speech Language Pathologist/Lab Manager for an additional 12-month period of bridge funding (March 22, 2020 - March 21, 2021) pursuant to her recently awarded Faculty Research Grant. Very truly yours, KUSunnamy Kumble R. Subbaswamy Chancellor Enclosures University of Massachusetts 374 Whitmore Administration Building, 181 Presidents Drive Amherst, MA 01003-9313 413.545.2211 fax: 413.545.2328 www.umass.edu DISCLOSURE BY NON-ELECTED STATE EMPLOYEE OF FINANCIAL INTEREST AND DETERMINATION BY APPOINTING AUTHORITY AS REQUIRED BY G. L. C. 268A, § 6 STATE EMPLOYEE INFORMATION Name: Jacquie Kurland Title or Position: Associate Professor State Agency: University of Massachusetts Amherst Agency Address: Dept. of Communication Disorders 358 North Pleasant Street 2020 MAR 17 PM 2: 14 STATE ETHICS COMMISSION RECEIVED Amherst, MA 01003 Office Phone: (413) 545-4007 Office E-mail: jkurland@comdis.umass.edu My duties require me to participate in a particular matter, and I may not participate because of a financial interest that I am disclosing here. I request a determination from my appointing authority about how I should proceed. PARTICULAR MATTER Particular matter Please describe the particular matter. E.g., a judicial or other This disclosure is in the matter of re-appointing my spouse to fulfill the role of part-time Speech proceeding, application, Language Pathologist/Lab Manager in my research laboratory. Please see copy of attached letter submission, request to UMass Amherst Chancellor Subbaswamy. for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest, decision, determination, or finding. Your required Please describe the task you are required to perform with respect to the particular matter. participation in the particular matter: I am the principal investigator on the research studies performed in the lab. E.g., approval, disapproval, decision, recommendation, rendering advice, investigation, other. FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THE PARTICULAR MATTER Write an X by all that apply. I have a financial interest in the matter. My immediate family member has a financial interest in the matter. My business partner has a financial interest in the matter. I am an officer, director, trustee, partner or employee of a business organization, and the business organization has a financial interest in the matter. I am negotiating or have made an arrangement concerning future employment with a person or organization, and the person or organization has a financial interest in the matter. Financial interest Please explain the financial interest and include a dollar amount if you know it. in the matter Fifty-two weeks hourly (8 hours/week through March 21, 2021) un-benefitted salary: $ 12,866,88 Employee signature: Junnie bullane Date: 2/13/20 DETERMINATION BY APPOINTING OFFICIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY INFORMATION Name of Appointing Kumble R. Subbaswamy Authority: Title or Position: Chancellor Agency/Department: Chancellor's Office Agency Address: University of Massachusetts - Amherst 374 Whitmore Administration Building Amherst, MA 01003 Office Phone: (413) 545-2211 Office E-mail chancellor@umass.edu DETERMINATION Determination by As appointing official, as required by G.L. C. 268A, § 6, I have reviewed the particular matter and the appointing authority: financial interest identified above by a state employee. Write an X I am assigning the particular matter to another employee, or by your selection. I am assuming responsibility for the particular matter, or I have determined that the financial interest is not so substantial as to be deemed likely to affect the integrity of the services which the Commonwealth may expect from the employee. Appointing Authority signature: Date: 3/12/2020 Comment: Attach additional pages if necessary. File copy with: State Ethics Commission, One Ashburton Place, Room 619, Boston, MA 02108 Form Revised February, 2012 University of School of Public Health & Health Massachusetts Sciences Amherst Department of Communication Disorders February 13, 2020 Re: Disclosure and Compliance with Conflict of Interest Law on Spousal Hire for Part-time Speech Language Pathologist / Lab Manager (Kurland, PI) Dear Chancellor Subbaswamy, I am writing to request your approval in compliance with the Conflict of Interest Law on Spousal Hire, so that I may continue to fill a key personnel position in my lab. The extension I am requesting is for a period of bridge funding (March 22, 2020 - March 21, 2021) to re- appoint my spouse, Polly Stokes (M.S., CCC-SLP) to a part-time (8 hours/week) position of Speech Language Pathologist/Lab Manager (currently classified in HR as Department Assistant). I will pay for this position from General Operating Funds that I received, mostly in compensation for participating on the MSP Contract Negotiations team. This bridge funding will allow my Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), who currently serves as both clinician and lab manager, to continue to assist me with grant proposal preparation, as well as to complete Phase 2 (post-treatment testing) of a two-phase pilot study award I received from a Faculty Research Grant that expires in May 2020. In the interest of avoiding any appearance of conflict of interest, Dr. Karen Helfer (Professor, Communication Disorders), has agreed to be the supervisor of record. Over the last 8 years, in accordance with the UMass Nepotism Policy, I have obtained the support of my Chair and the Dean of SPHHS, as well as your determination that I could proceed with the hire and re-appointment and UMass has filed the appropriate Disclosure Form with the State Ethics Commission. Since your last letter of determination allowed for another seven months re-appointment through March 22, 2020, which was all I had funding to cover at that time, I am now again seeking approvals from my Chair, my Dean, and from you. For your information, over the last period since reappointing Polly, we have been working hard on developing a test of transactional success in conversation in post-stroke aphasia. Thanks to the FRG award this year, we completed acquisition of the first phase of testing data, i.e., collection of story retellings from 96 neurotypical controls. Polly has recently completed pre-treatment testing of a cohort of participants with aphasia, the first half of the second phase of the FRG-funded study, "A Valid, Reliable, Clinically Feasible Measure of Transactional Success in Aphasic Conversation". These two datasets are being transcribed and analyzed, and will be used as pilot data for an R01 proposal to be submitted in October 2020 to NIH, " Validating the Brief Assessment of Transactional Success (BATS): A Clinically Feasible Measure 2020/Kurland,_Jacquie_Corrected_Dis._3.17.2020_6.pdf