Comme le dit l’UNESCO, « les guerres prenant naissance dans l’esprit des humains, c’est dans l’esprit des humains que doivent être élevées les défenses de la paix ».

Important editorial on how investigator exuberance for new drugs may diminish the validity of clinical trials results, and how FDA and pharma should think about that.

Impact of Exuberance on Equipoise in Oncology Clinical Trials: Sotorasib as Archetype academic.oup.com/oncolo/article…

'If we really want the best talent in science, then let’s foster environments across the scientific enterprise that invite neurodiversity and recognize the strengths of neurological differences,' writes H. Holden Thorp in this week's #ScienceEditorial . scim.ag/6Mt

It is the story of the undermining of public trust in information- in facts and with that, the hollowing out of American politics and democracy as we know it. So please read it as a call to action for all of us to fight back and restore American democracy.

Al Gore

Kingmakers

You may not have all you want or you need
All that you have has been due to my hand
It can change, it can stay the same
Who can say, who can make their claim
You are my people and there must be no change
I can say, I can make my claim
Hail to Power and to Glory's way

Academic Parity Movement March/April 2024
Research & Literature

Shrouded in secrecy: how science is harmed by the bullying and harassment rumour mill

Instrumental social justice in higher education: Eight surveys for workplace bullying and social justice research
paritymovement.org/blog-newslette…

The work of biostaticians: They collect and analyze data that supports medical researchers. Biostatistics-informed research project design keeps costs down and influences grant decisions. How this role has grown here, and ways it's helped patients: spr.ly/6016bdxAp

Targets are usually anyone who is “different” from the organizational norm. Usually victims are competent, educated, resilient, outspoken, challenge the status quo, are more empathic or attractive and tend to be women
psychcentral.com/health/mobbing…

Harvard Medical School Faculty Grapple with Increased Industry Research Funding

Despite benefits of electronic medical records, they are outweighed by risks associated with redundant & inaccurate notes. We call out health misinformation when generated on social media, but biggest & most serious source of health misinformation may be the medical chart itself.

Research misconduct is hugely detrimental to science and to society. It violates trust in science and can do great harm go.nature.com/49TYYMQ

Yay!
Three years after Didier Raoult Pr Chabriere and IHU Méditerranée Infection filed a complaint against me for harassment and blackmail, the Marseille Procureur tells me today they could not find any grounds for criminal prosecution.