ASTRO 2021 Keynote Lecturer Accused of Fraud

[Chartreuse Wombat]

Researchers raise concerns of fraud and ambiguity in two studies authored by Dan Ariely, renowned Duke researcher and professor

Dan Ariely, James B. Duke professor of psychology and behavioral economics, has had at least two of his works come under scrutiny in recent weeks due to ambiguous or potentially fraudulent data.

www.dukechronicle.com

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[Mandelin Rain]

Par for the course for ASTRO.

 

[StIGMA]

Par for the course for Duke

Duke Whistleblower Gets More Than $33 Million In Research Fraud Settlement

And also which some med students/radoncs were involved in: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/09/scientist-falsified-data-for-cancer-research-once-described-as-holy-grail-feds-say/?outputType=amp

 

[Mandelin Rain]

Rumor has it that ASTRO was planning on using Ariely's groundbreaking research on [checks notes] "where to sign your name on a form" on attestations for SOAP candidates stating they are indeed interested in radiation oncology and not just applying because they are not competitive for ENT and/or Urology.

No word if correct signature positioning increases honesty among program directors pledging to not SOAP.

 

[TheWallnerus]

Academics!

Fun.

 

[Lamount]

Fact: If he had to sign a statement at the top of his manuscript attesting to the validity of the data, he wouldn't have allegedly committed fraud.

 

[RickyScott]

Astro rescinded invitation and will bring in future Nobel laureate David Sabatini.( Both of these guys are a hundred times more worthy thank kendi)

 

[StIGMA]

removed

 

[SubserviantToABR]

Science | AAAS

www.sciencemag.org

 

[StIGMA]

Science | AAAS

www.sciencemag.org

That's just awful. Happened to former Rockefeller president Arnold Levine awhile back (Rockefeller head quits as scandal looms - Nature ), not to mention some radonc chairs. Unlikely to be an isolated incident. These large institutions are usually complicit, many people are usually 'in the know' and keep a lid on it while harasser continues harassing.

From twitter referencing this:

 

[Ray D. Ayshun]

Par for the course for Duke

Duke Whistleblower Gets More Than $33 Million In Research Fraud Settlement

And also which some med students/radoncs were involved in: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/09/scientist-falsified-data-for-cancer-research-once-described-as-holy-grail-feds-say/?outputType=amp

Was a Duke med student/rad onc that was partly responsible for exposing potti, though, with institutional resistance initially.

 

[Chartreuse Wombat]

Was a Duke med student/rad onc that was partly responsible for exposing potti, though, with institutional resistance initially.

Duke Officials Silenced Med Student Who Reported Trouble in Anil Potti's Lab - The Cancer Letter

Duke University would have avoided embarrassment, a misconduct investigation and a lawsuit, had its top administrators paid closer attention to a thoughtful report by a medical student who saw problems in the lab of the disgraced scientist Anil Potti. Documents obtained by The Cancer Letter show...

cancerletter.com

Dr Perez trained in RadOnc at Duke and is now on faculty at Moffitt

Bradford Perez

moffitt.org

 

[StIGMA]

Was a Duke med student/rad onc that was partly responsible for exposing potti, though, with institutional resistance initially.

There was more than one future rad onc involved. It’s tough being in that situation as a trainee and rare to take the ethically defensible position.

 

[RickyScott]

There was more than one future rad onc involved. It’s tough being in that situation as a trainee and rare to take the ethically defensible position.

There was more than one future rad onc involved. It’s tough being in that situation as a trainee and rare to take the ethically defensible position.

we need more backbone in this field

 

[deleted941485]

Why rescind the offer? Too many frauds in one place? Is ASTRO gonna take out all the mirrors at the convention center too?

 

[RickyScott]

Why rescind the offer? Too many frauds in one place? Is ASTRO gonna take out all the mirrors at the convention center too?

Absolutely, Ben smith is probably a bigger fraud. He should retract the worst paper in the history of the specialty and any commentary on imrt being performed for financial gain. He sits on the Astro board.