Posts Tagged ‘Scientific Misconduct’
Bernadine Healy, MD (1944–2011)
Bernadine Healy, MD, a cardiologist, was the first woman Director of the National Institutes of Health (1991–1993); Dean of Ohio State University College of Medicine (1995–1999); President of the American Heart Association (1998–1999); Deputy Director of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Techonology; Chair of the Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (1985); and President…
Read MoreAcademic Freedom & the Corporate University
The Chronicle of Higher Education looks at the increasingly dark side of conflicts of interest in academia.
Read MoreMedical Journals Complicit in Corruption of Medicine
We are no longer "blowin’ in the wind." A growing number of prominent physician-scientists, including several former journal editors, and New York Times columnists, have written sobering critiques about the corrupting impact pharmaceutical industry influence has had on medicine.
Read MoreColumbia University Blood Experiment Revisited_TRUTHOUT
Why Has Columbia Expended So Much Effort to Avoid the Conclusion of Patient Harm?
Read MoreAHRP Letter to Harvard Re: Dr. Biederman’s Research
AHRP proposes a multi-disciplinary team of independent scientists to review ALL of Dr. Joseph Biederman’s publications and supporting documents, including: research protocols, consent forms, and the original (of course, anonymized) data sets with associated code books for all pediatric studies.
Read MoreCong. Sting: Medical Research Fraud / Corruption /Forged Consents
April 14: the FDA announced that Coast IRB "has agreed to voluntarily halt some aspects of its clinical trial oversight operations due to serious concerns about the company’s ability to protect human subjects participating in clinical trials."
Read MoreMedical Research Fraud and Corruption_Cong. Sting_Forged Consents
Another research scam uncovered by the GAO sting involved a "bogus IRB with a pet dog as its CEO."
Read MoreLetter of Complaint to FDA Commissioner, 2007
Complaint about a surge of FDA administrative approvals for expanded use of highly toxic antipsychotic drugs for children. Approvals were determined by Dr. Thomas Laughren after secret deliberations–without disclosure of scientific data, without an advisory panel or open public discussion.
Read MoreFDA Requires Added Warnings on ADHD drugs_Sweden’s “Gillberg Affair”
What does the "Gillberg affair" suggest about the integrity of the data underlying the DAMP-ADHD hypothesis?
Read MoreScientific Fraud: Eric Poehlman / Richard Borison
Medical researchers who commit fraud and research misconduct are caught only when a person of conscience steps up to the plate and blows the whistle. There are no systemic, independent checks and balances to prevent research fraud or abuse of patients.
Read MoreInfoMail for March 5a, 2002
AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav March 5a, 2002 American Scientific Misconduct AmericaUndercuts Meaningful AIDS Research by the French FYI Science Fictions: A Scientific Mystery, a MassiveCoverup, and the Dark Legacy of Robert Gallo is a new book…
Read MoreNational Institue AIDS Research–Professional Women Describe Sex Harassment – Conduct Unbecoming
National Institue AIDS Research–Professional Women Describe Sex Harassment – Conduct Unbecoming Mon, 11 Apr 2005 Just when the NIH announced that it was in the clear – citing a report issued (April 6) by a panel of the Institute of Medicine "exonerating" NIH and rejecting the allegations by Dr. Jonathan Fishbein, who blew the whistle…
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