A Stanford task force announced last week that members of the Harvard Corporation and a former Harvard president are supporting an investigation into possible misconduct in an academic paper co-authored by the president of Stanford University.
Stephen E. Hyman served for 10 years as President of Harvard From 2001 to 2011former Princeton President Shirley M. Tillman He currently serves as Harvard’s highest governing body. The Harvard Corporation joins a five-person scientific panel investigating President Mark T. Tessier Lavigne of Stanford University.
Tessier-Lavigne is the author of at least four neuroscience papers that allegedly contain manipulated images.stanford daily first reported November 2022 academic misconduct allegations against Tessier Lavigne.
Stanford claims that Tessier Lavigne was informed of the allegations in 2015 and attempted to remediate them, and that the images had nothing to do with the paper’s findings. The journal Science, which published one, disagrees, reports The Daily.
Hours after Daily released its report, the Stanford Board of Trustees announced that a special committee would investigate the allegations. In December, the task force said Mark R. Filip, a former federal judge and former U.S. Deputy Attorney General who now works for the law firm Kirkland & Ellis, would lead the investigation.
Last week, Carol C. Lamb, a trustee at Stanford University and chairman of the task force, announced that Philip, a Harvard Law School graduate, had convened a scientific committee to support him. Some of the top US neuroscientists and biologists, including Hyman and Tilgman, serve five bodies.
In an emailed statement, a spokesperson for the task force said members of the panel were selected for their expertise in research integrity, experience in scholarly publishing, and reputation among scientists.
The panel’s experienced-level scientists are likely familiar with Tessier Lavigne and his work, but Philip and the committee are confident the panelists will maintain impartiality, the spokesperson added. .
After resigning from the task force, Stanford University Trustee Felix J. Baker said: daily newspaper reported He had a financial interest in Tessier Lavigne’s biotechnology company.
A professor of stem cell and regenerative biology, Hyman headed the National Institute of Mental Health from 1996-2001 and was president of Harvard University from 2001-2011. As president, Hyman developed numerous interfaculty initiatives and helped create the Department of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine. biology.
During Hyman’s tenure as president, several Harvard professors faced challenges to the academic integrity of their work. Most notably, former psychology professor Mark D. Hauser. Resigned in 2011 After graduating from the College of Liberal Arts I found him responsible For academic misconduct in three published articles.
Other allegations of academic misconduct during Hyman’s tenure included plagiarism charges against the former Harvard School of Public Health. Associate Professor Ali A. Sultan (2004) and former Harvard Medical School Professor Lee S. Simon in 2009, resigned following both allegations.During Hyman’s tenure, former HMS professor and Nobel laureate Linda B. Buck also 3 academic papers retractedincluding one featuring research done at Harvard.
President of Princeton University from 2001 to 2013, Drew G., a renowned molecular biologist who chaired the committee reviewing Harvard’s life sciences program, and then-president of Radcliffe College, Drew G. He also served on the committee that advised Faust. Advanced Institute. Tillman was elected to Harvard He Corporation in 2015.
Scientific evaluation of the panel is ongoing, according to the task force’s announcement. There is no specific deadline for completing their work, according to a committee spokesperson.
In addition to Hyman and Tilgman, the panel also included Hollis T. Klein, Professor of Neuroscience at Scripps University, Kahui Jilasa, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology at Duke University, and Randy W. Scheckman (2013 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine) is also included. .
Hyman and Tillman did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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