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The National Academy of Sciences is reviewing complaints about astronomer Geoffrey Marcy and geneticist Francisco Ayala, who left their academic positions following investigations at their institutions.

Pier Paolo Pandolfi left Harvard University last year following allegations of sexual harassment, and has since been accused of research misconduct.

Constantine Stratakis, who was due to lead an institute at McGill University Health Centre, was the subject of eight equal employment opportunity complaints at his last job at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

The embattled organization is left with only one member of the leadership—the group’s founder, BethAnn McLaughlin, who is accused of bullying.

The FDA and the university have audited Kang Zhang for breaches in bioethics and a failure to follow research protocols.

Physician Peter Gøtzsche, a board member of the organization, has been an outspoken critic of certain vaccines and of the pharma industry in general.

New documents reveal that Mani Pavuluri had enrolled her sons as controls in a prematurely halted drug trial, a ProPublica investigation finds.

Celeste Kidd and Steven Piantadosi had sued the university over its handling of sexual harassment allegations made against colleague Florian Jaeger.

Republicans and conservative media outlets are turning on the agency administrator as allegations of ethical misconduct and excessive spending pile up.

His decision came as an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against him was ongoing.  

An uproar over the university’s handling of sexual misconduct accusations led to C.L. Max Nikias’s resignation.  

Vanessa Allen Sutherland will resign next month, leaving the agency with just three members of what should be a five-person board.

Brenda Fitzgerald had drawn criticism for tobacco-related investments, among others.

The scientist was a member of a stem cell research team led by Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka. 

Energy researcher Daniel Kammen criticized President Trump’s response to events in Charlottesville, as well as the administration’s decision to leave the Paris Climate Accord.

Carmen Puliafito, once a renowned ophthalmologist and professor, engaged in illicit drug use and partied with prostitutes.

University of Chicago molecular biologist Jason Lieb quit just as officials recommended he be fired for violating the school’s sexual misconduct policy.

Alice Dreger is resigning from the faculty of Northwestern University, claiming that the administration censored her work in a faculty journal.

The minister of education and research has stepped down after being stripped of her doctorate following accusations of plagiarism.