Harvard teaching hospital to retract papers
by top researchers following data falsification probe
New York Post,
by
Emily Crane
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
1/22/2024 3:12:54 PM
A Harvard University-affiliated teaching hospital is seeking to retract or correct dozens of papers authored by four of its top researchers — including the hospital’s CEO — following a probe into allegations of data falsification.
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston has already initiated six retractions to papers and 31 others are in the process of being corrected, the hospital’s research integrity officer, Dr. Barrett Rollins, confirmed to the Harvard Crimson. The corrections follow claims of data falsification leveled against the cancer institute’s CEO, Dr. Laurie Glimcher, chief operating officer Dr. William Hahn, director of the Clinical Investigator Research Program Dr. Irene Ghobrial and Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Luandir 1/22/2024 3:15:19 PM (No. 1642001)
A fish rots from the head down.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 1/22/2024 3:30:18 PM (No. 1642011)
And with all that dishonesty they're still ranked number one or two.
'Splain me, Lucy.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bpl40 1/22/2024 3:32:01 PM (No. 1642013)
Does anyone do honest original research there anymore?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 1/22/2024 3:36:21 PM (No. 1642019)
The Knotseez are in control at Harvard.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
formerNYer 1/22/2024 3:46:00 PM (No. 1642026)
pride before the fall and wow have they fallen
but they're smarter than every one else so don't you forget that.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
valinva 1/22/2024 3:53:23 PM (No. 1642029)
Yeah, retract their papers but won't fire them.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Gordon Mills 1/22/2024 3:55:17 PM (No. 1642032)
There is nothing honest about elitist organizations.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
MattMusson1 1/22/2024 4:07:54 PM (No. 1642041)
Slightly off topic. But, I sometimes review the data in medical studies and am surprised when researchers badly misinterpret it. Doctors as a whole do not know how read statistics.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 1/22/2024 4:32:21 PM (No. 1642058)
FTA: (I capitalized the weasel words which look to be intended to deflect and minimize the sloppy work)
The hospital’s research integrity officer said that although discrepancies were identified in some of the papers, it didn’t NECESSARILY provide evidence of an author’s intent to deceive.
“That conclusion can only be drawn AFTER a careful, fact-based examination which is an integral part of our response,” Rollins said.
“Our experience is that errors are OFTEN unintentional and do not rise to the level of misconduct.”
The institute and the researchers involved took “prompt and decisive action” on the first 37 papers, while the 38th manuscript is still under investigation, according to Rollins.
Of the 19 other papers flagged by David, Rollins said three required no further action and 16 remain under investigation because the data in question were collected in labs that don’t belong to the four researchers.
“Where possible, the heads of all of the other laboratories have been contacted and we will work with them to see that they correct the literature as warranted,” Rollins said.
“We are committed to a culture of accountability and integrity. Every inquiry about research integrity is examined fully.”
Just goes to show the college educated, who've been highlighted by Democrats as a key constituent, aren't necessarily a good barometer of a group that should be followed in their political leanings.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
sunshinehorses 1/22/2024 4:34:25 PM (No. 1642060)
As #8 said, I also sometimes read research papers and can't believe the "stuff" that passes as scientific research and conclusions based on such a small sample as to be laughable. When one of my doctors says something about a study from Harvard or Johns Hopkins, I just laugh as I seriously doubt that the study is worth the paper it is printed on.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Heraclitus 1/22/2024 4:59:14 PM (No. 1642075)
Dana-F just split off from MGH, if my memory is correct. I know many people who have been successfully treated at D-F. However, before long, poor training and experience would --will-- lead to poor outcomes, unnecessarily. Will we dare to drive over a bridge? take an elevator in a high-rise? turn on a faucet, turn on the heat? expect to arrive to destination on a jetliner, expect to emerge from recovery rooms after cardiac surgery or cancer surgery eating at one's brain?
One wonders how it can be that such incredibly stupid policies encoded in DEI and the like have spread throughout academia and especially the sciences. How very, very stupid.
And one wonders how some significant segments of the voting public have become apathetic or stupid or just plain evil.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 1/22/2024 5:21:46 PM (No. 1642089)
Believe The Science!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
anniebc 1/22/2024 6:07:12 PM (No. 1642112)
The elite Harvard's chickens finally coming home to roost. Pretty soon a degree from Harvard will be worth less than a high school diploma. Make Harvard great again. Racists: Harvard has never been great. Back when they trained men to teach the Gospel, they were. Like everything else good, Harvard was infiltrated by the mushes until it's now full of all out marxists. So sad.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DVC 1/22/2024 6:09:52 PM (No. 1642115)
Hmm. Interesting that they are cracking down on cheating. Must have been getting way too obvious to continue to cover it up.
Affirmative action folks GOTTA cheat, because they aren't actually qualified. Note that two of the three names are women. Not that there are no competent women, of course there are, I know a number of them, but there aren't the huge numbers that the feminists and other grievance groups REQUIRE to "make things equal".
I saw this in the last ten years or more when I was in industry. Lots of very mediocre women pushed up ahead of far more qualified men. And the black women....oh, they checked TWO boxes, so they were automagically promoted. Several of the black women supervisors were pretty dumb, pretty much incapable....but everyone knew to just work around them, they weren't going to be ever held responsible
for their mediocrity and errors.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
MickTurn 1/22/2024 9:04:31 PM (No. 1642218)
One has to wonder if Haavaad has always been this CROOKED or if it's a late development...I vote for the Former.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
PostAway 1/22/2024 9:18:14 PM (No. 1642232)
I found out about a month ago that I am a direct descendant of one of the founders of Harvard. I once would have been pleased to know it but the school lost its luster when it lost its commitment to Christ and now all I feel is “meh”.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
mifla 1/23/2024 4:22:39 AM (No. 1642333)
No wonder Harvard is so popular. You can cheat your way to a degree.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
RWPollock 1/23/2024 4:33:47 AM (No. 1642340)
If they are MDs they need to loose permanently their right to practice in any state.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
RWPollock 1/23/2024 4:38:05 AM (No. 1642341)
The home of a president plagiarist, a Harvard MBA who single-handedly bankrupt Bud Light and research falsifies. I wouldn’t hire anyone from this institution.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/23/2024 4:48:20 AM (No. 1642344)
The Climate Change industry also has this data problem only it's ten times worse. If they are to be believed, the people living in the mountains of Kentucky should be building boats before the water from melting glaciers reaches their doorsteps.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
5 handicap 1/23/2024 5:51:25 AM (No. 1642359)
The Ivy League schools have beclowned themselves for decades! The respect they used to engender is no longer warranted and they should be avoided at all costs!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
lynngirl122 1/23/2024 8:47:21 AM (No. 1642456)
"Research Integrity Officer" another joke.
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