The UW and the Hutch, together comprise one of the highest tiers of federally funded research. Their future may be grim. Where are WA State politicians on THIS issue? UPDATE: From the Chronicle of Higher Education By Paul Basken House Republicans, who gained a majority in the chamber in last Novem[...]
Posts Tagged ‘School of Medicine’
Senate Chair: Aprikyan was wronged.
Originally posted 17 Jan. Updated Jan 24 because of a comment that may interest others. Please read comments. Ed Note: This is copied from the UW Senate Blog. Unfortunately, and I suspect illegally, that blog is protected from public view. UW staff, however can access the blog directly[...]
January 23rd, 2011 - 9:24 am § in Uncategorized
Example: How the Free Market Can Distort Research
This article from Dr. Humphreys hit home. I have seen the same story before. The problem is not the company’s fault, the problem is a huge crack in how the free market works together with the scientific method to hurt the interests of science and of patients. Let me offer another example. Ever[...]
January 19th, 2011 - 3:05 pm § in Uncategorized
Major Change at the NIH
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A National Center for Research Resources task force charged with moving programs that have been conducted by NCRR, has issued an early plan of where at the National Institutes of Health some of these programs will find homes under a planned reorganization. NCRR is being[...]
January 15th, 2011 - 8:56 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
Francis Collins To Blocl 50% of Chimp Grants on Moral Grounds
Most Medical Research Using Chimps Isn’t Necessary, NIH Says December 15, 2011, 2:02 pm A report out today from the Institute of Medicine criticized most federally supported medical research on chimpanzees as unnecessary. Immediately afterward, Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institut[...]
Is the UW Senate Powerless to Act?
The following is part of an email from three UW Senators to their colleagues in the faculty. It sounds to me as if the Senate is taking no action on the abuse of Andrew Aprikyan other than saying the President was wrong. Does the Senate have no authority? Can a UW admin. violate the Code […[...]
January 11th, 2011 - 7:16 pm § in Misc.
Faculty Senate Chair J.W. Harrington: “Someone needs to draw up a draft of something that could be discussed and approved as an interpretation from this body.”
The report of the Senate Executive Committee meeting of the Aprikyan affair appeared in today’s Daily and is copied below. I was not there, but it appears that the highest committee of the faculty has clearly stated that the administration was wrong. The question is what next. Professor Ha[...]
January 9th, 2011 - 6:09 pm § in Misc.
Aprikyan: An Appeal for Justice.
The Time Has Come for the UW to Admit it Was Wrong. A few days ago, a respected colleague dismissed Andrew Aprikyan’s case, saying that “of course” Dr. Aprikyan was and is guilty. I refused to comment, not because I know that Andrew Aprikyan is innocent but because I feel Dr. Apr[...]
January 6th, 2011 - 3:21 pm § in Misc.
Will Biotech Mean Jobs in Seattle?
Biotech is a major part of the hoped-for-future of Seattle. Is the promise real? Will there be jobs? No one knows more about this then Luke Timmerman, the Seattle based national biotech reporter for Xconomy, a news agency devoted to high technology. Like will talk at 9 AM, Tuesday the 18th o[...]