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Investigative reporter . Before: investigations for . cpiller@charlespiller.com - Signal 510.469.7984 - open DMs.
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Thanks to Art Woods, and team for great questions. This is an excellent overview of key issues out of my recent investigation
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"Fabricated images threaten the integrity of Alzheimer’s research" is live! @cpiller on potential fraud in #Alzheimers research and his @sciencemagazine article exposing troubling evidence of fabrication in a set of hugely influential papers. Listen here: buff.ly/3MQ3J0i
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Coming up on Big Biology, we talk with about his explosive article for on potential fabrication in #AlzheimersDisease research and its far-reaching implications for the field. Episode out Thursday 10/20 Read the article here:
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Congrats! Well deserved.
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I’m super excited to announce that I’ve been selected as a winner of the Awards for Excellence in Science Communication, given by @theNASEM in partnership with @SchmidtFutures. #SciCommFutures nationalacademies.org/awards/excelle
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“He didn't hold his knowledge over you. I think his knowledge existed to help others." That's a quote from former UT EIC capturing the Henry we knew, who was also a former UT EIC. And the story is by the current EIC .❤️
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Henry Fuhrmann worked at the Los Angeles Times, but he started his journalism journey on our Cal State LA campus. To read the full story click the link below: ow.ly/UA4S50L1zYR ✏️: @miaaa_alva , Editor-in-Chief 📸: Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times #calstatela
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Sunday’s brutal crackdown in Tehran shocked academics and students worldwide. It also drove home the important role students and universities are playing in the uprising against the Iranian government. bit.ly/3T3IyJJ by
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In 2019, the very well known US health journalist wrote a great article "The war on ‘prediabetes' could be a boon for pharma but is it good medicine? A third of Americans are considered prediabetic—but many may be better off without treatment"
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As someone who has been edited by Martin (in English) I can attest that he's an elite expert on this topic
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Writing for English-speaking media if English is not your mother tongue may be hard but is not impossible. (I know from experience.) @HumbertoBasilio asked me and other science editors for tips on how to get started. theopennotebook.com/2022/09/27/how
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A poignant example of how scientists and journalists must keep describing complexity and nuance even if anti-science forces might misuse our work.
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A wonderfully told, nuanced story by @rkhamsi about a doctor wrestling with his cancer’s spread and the potential link to an mRNA vaccine—and his worry (and the writer’s) that his going public will fuel bogus anti-vaccine arguments. theatlantic.com/science/archiv
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This is a prototypical case of inaction and lack of transparency by the institution and journal in how it conducted its investigation and drew its conclusions. If the evidence is exonerating, sharing it helps the accused. Secrecy just breeds distrust in everyone involved.
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The perplexing Steven Newmaster saga continues: amid fraud accusations/evidence @BMCMedicine won't retract key article, yet doesn't seem to stand firmly behind it science.org/content/articl
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Good threat on an important case.
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Finally. But the passivity of the French authorities has been and still is grim. Raoult certainly deserves to spend his retirement tending to his court cases. And I don't see how the IHU can recover without a complete management transplant. lemonde.fr/planete/articl
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