WIKIMEDIA, NHEYOBCancer researcher Ching-Shih Chen of the Ohio State University (OSU) resigned last September after a university investigation found him guilty of scientific misconduct on eight papers, according to a statement released by OSU on Friday (March 30). In a 75-page redacted report also made public on Friday, university investigators conclude that the former professor, whose work centered on the development of anticancer therapeutics, falsified data on at least 14 occasions in the last 12 years.
The investigation into Chen’s work was launched in 2016 after OSU received anonymous allegations of six instances of data falsification in papers published between 2010 and 2014, according to OSU student newspaper, The Lantern. Seizure of Chen’s hard drive led to the discovery of multiple manipulated images, and helped take the number of allegations up to 21.
In eight papers, “Dr. Chen committed Research Misconduct by deviating from the accepted practices of image handling and figure generation and intentionally falsified data,” a three-person committee concluded in the report. In another paper, he was found to have acted “‘recklessly’ by not reviewing or scrutinizing the data provided to him leading to the inappropriate reuse of data.”
C.K. Gunsalus, director of the National Center for Professional and ...
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