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Donna Shalala’s University of Miami: Not only a sports pioneer.

Under Shalala’s leadership, UM is changing the face not only of American university sports. It’s also contributing to important changes in the way scientific research is conducted in the United States.

It was to Shalala’s UM that Charles Nemeroff repaired after his problems at Emory. As the Chronicle puts it:

… Thomas R. Insel, who was helping to lead the [government’s conflict of interest] review, was also helping a tainted researcher, Charles B. Nemeroff, land a new job at the University of Miami.

Dr. Nemeroff, while chairman of the psychiatry department at Emory University, was one of several high-profile doctors found to have given speeches or written articles in medical journals extolling drugs or products made by companies that had paid them money or stock benefits that they did not report to their universities. Emory agreed to make Dr. Nemeroff ineligible for NIH grant money for two years. But after moving to Miami with the assistance of Dr. Insel, the director of the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Nemeroff was receiving NIH money before the two-year ban expired.

Addressing the NIH’s advisory board after Dr. Insel’s assistance to Dr. Nemeroff was revealed, Dr. Collins said he would delay the process of putting the rules in place to consider additional changes. In particular, he said the rules may need to be changed to ensure that any penalties or sanctions against a researcher remain in effect if the researcher moves to another institution.

Smart move on Nemeroff’s part, by the way, to jump to the University of Miami. They’ll never give him any trouble. You can’t go any lower than UM.

Margaret Soltan, August 23, 2011 2:56PM
Posted in: conflict of interest

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One Response to “Donna Shalala’s University of Miami: Not only a sports pioneer.”

  1. david foster Says:

    Off-topic, but I thought you might “enjoy” this little item…on LinkedIn, there is a frequently-appearing ad that says “Learn Ivy League management at eCornell.” I finally clicked on it out of malicious curiosity, and got this page. Note especially the headline:

    “Add an Ivy League credential to your résumé” (right under the “save 15% this August” line)

    and, under “topics you will master”

    How to Strategize for Success
    Scenario Analysis
    Executive Decision Making
    Leading Through Creativity
    Unlocking Your Leadership Potential
    Motivating Members of Your Team

    I’d suggest that anyone who seriously believes they can “master” a single one of these topics, let alone all 6 of them, in an 8-week class requiring “just 3-6 hours/week” of your time” shouldn’t be allowed near the management of anything or anybody.

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