Santosh KatiyarVA RESEARCH CURRENTSA professor who received about $5 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health left his posts at the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB), and Birmingham VA Medical Center last year after an investigation found evidence of image manipulation in 20 of his papers, Retraction Watch has learned.
Since March 30, five articles by Santosh Katiyar that explore alternative approaches to treating skin cancer in animal models have been retracted as a result of the institutions’ probe.
The university and medical center requested a total of 20 papers be retracted, according to UAB research integrity officer Pam Bounelis. “Certain published images within those papers were not substantiated by available data, or the scientific conclusions of the publication were not supported,” Bounelis tells Retraction Watch. “Dr. Katiyar’s employment at UAB was ended on May 1, 2017.”
In an email, Bounelis says a journal alerted UAB to concerns about Katiyar's work in 2012 and the university began looking into the allegations then. UAB declined to share a copy of the report of the investigation.
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