A helping hand that was supposed to smack
| 7 June, 2010 | Adie Chan |
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According to a nicely executed bit of investigative reporting by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Tom Insel, director of the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH), helped secure a new job for a longtime colleague who had run afoul of conflict of interest disclosure rules for National Institutes of Health grantees at his home institution.
Insel has ironically been in charge of revamping the NIH
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The latest post on June 7 at the NIMH by Dr Insel:”Reducing conflict of interest, Ensuring Public Trust”, in the context of this report, is disconcerting. Dr Insel has more explaining to do than just feeling surprised by the allegations.
One is left wondering:
1. What kind of moral authority Dr Nemeroff might have as a Chair of the Department of Psychiatry to promote and/or reinforce the kind of scientific research that the public can trust.
2. The same would apply to Dr Insel as Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, unless he provides credible explanations.