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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 1d

Northern Californians: I’ll be giving the Storer Lecture at UC Davis on Oct. 23, at 4pm. It will cover my investigative findings in Science and my in book “Doctored” about Alzheimer’s research misconduct. I’d be delighted to see you in person or via zoom. biology.ucdavis.edu/events/store...

Storer Lectureship - Misconduct in Neuroscience Research: Problems and Solutions

Charles Piller writes investigative stories for Science.

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 1d

Compelling look at private equity and IRBs - the panels that approve and oversee human testing of drugs www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/h...

How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Jessie -- and thanks for your longstanding support and help!

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 2d

I’m equally grateful for the determined and courageous image sleuths who provided key findings for my major stories – particularly Matthew chrag @elisabethbik.bsky.social @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social @mumumouse2.bsky.social
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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been fortunate that Holden Thorp, Editor-in-Chief of the Science family of journals, provides steadfast support for my journalism, and that of my Science colleagues. 6/7

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 2d

This work would have been impossible without the skill and encouragement of my editors – Tim Appenzeller, @john-travis.bsky.social @kellyservick.bsky.social
– and others on the talented Science staff. 5/7

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 2d

I’m gratified that @sciencewriters.org and the judges–leaders in science and medical writing–agree that journalists must speak hard truths about research to benefit patients and foster progress, even amid the sabotage of scientific institutions by federal officials. 4/7

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 2d

The prize was not for my book, “Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s,” but recognizes key stories that helped frame that larger narrative. My goal: Help readers see that the process of discovery, which I revere, depends on honest science. 3/7

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 2d

It’s humbling to follow the illustrious journalists who have won in past years. Many of my articles exposed and helped correct misconduct in research associated with Alzheimer’s disease. 2/7

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 2d

I’m deeply honored to have been named as the recipient of the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting from the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. It recognizes my work on scientific integrity for Science Magazine over the last five years. 1/7 tinyurl.com/zz54fzyr

Charles Piller wins 2025 Victor Cohn Prize - CASW

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 14d

Whose papers have an edge at Science? In unusual study, journal looks in the mirror | Science | AAAS via @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

Whose papers have an edge at Science? In unusual study, journal looks in the mirror

Confidential data show being in the U.S., at a prestigious institution, and in a large team all may help

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Geert-Jan van Bussel @gjvanbussel.bsky.social · 19d

Scientific fraud and research misconduct are not only the result of personal ambition but also of endemic and systemic causes: See my review of @charlespiller.bsky.social “Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s.”
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🧪 #AcademicSky

(PDF) A Catalyst for Urgent Dialogue and Reform

PDF | Book Review of C. Piller (2025). Doctored. Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s, Atria, One Signal Publishers, New York,... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 19d

Exclusive: Publisher investigating DNA contamination paper that authors say CDC vaccine committee will consider - re amazing detective work by @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social retractionwatch.com/2025/09/18/c...

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 21d

Exclusive: Journal bans drug safety database papers as they flood the literature via @katetravis.bsky.social retractionwatch.com/2025/09/16/e...

Exclusive: Journal bans drug safety database papers as they flood the literature

celafon/iStockPhoto Starting around 2023, a curious trend took hold in papers on drug safety monitoring. The number of articles published on an individual drug and its link to specific adverse even…

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · 21d

Many thanks to @gjvanbussel.bsky.social for “A Catalyst for Urgent Dialogue and Reform” – his astute, thorough, and fair-minded review of my book “Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s.” vbds.nl/2025/09/15/a...

A Catalyst for Urgent Dialogue and Reform | Van Bussel Document Services

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · Sep 5

Conflicts at Top US Pediatrician Assoc - as actual and alleged conflicts are being weaponized to undermine vaccination, this story cogently argues that medical associations like AAP must set a better example on transparency and conflicts undark.org/2025/09/04/c... via @undarkmag

A Question of Conflicts at America's Top Pediatrician Association

How far should the AAP go to disclose potential conflicts of interest in guidelines and other official recommendations?

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · Sep 4

Another elaborate correction by Eliezer Masliah et al admitting image anomalies ID’d originally by @mumumouse2.bsky.social prior to my @science.org investigation of Masliah: errors in images, but not to worry, they were only “for illustration purposes.” academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

Correction to: Accumulation of oligomer-prone α-synuclein exacerbates synaptic and neuronal degeneration in vivo

Edward Rockenstein, Silke Nuber, Cassia R. Overk, Kiren Ubhi, Michael Mante, Christina Patrick, Anthony Adame, Margarita Trejo-Morales, Juan Gerez, Paola P

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · Sep 2

Congrats to @lonnibesancon.bsky.social ‬ ‪@gcabanac.cpesr.fr and colleagues on 2025 Best JASIST Paper Award (and for donating the award money to the Bik Science integrity fund) www.asist.org/2025/08/13/s...

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thanks to Michael Chanon for a thoughtful review of my book, "Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer's" jacobin.com/2025/08/big-...

How the Pharma Industry Botched Alzheimer’s Treatment

Journalist Charles Piller has exposed a pattern of shoddy and even fraudulent practices in Alzheimer’s research. It shows the drug research system needs serious reform, but health secretary Robert F. ...

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · Aug 29

Making Your Research Free May Cost You - @stephaniemlee.bsky.social takes a close look at the the growing crisis in prohibitively high research publication fees www.chronicle.com/article/maki...

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · Aug 29

AI tool labels more than 1000 journals for ‘questionable,’ possibly shady practices | Science | AAAS via @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

AI tool labels more than 1000 journals for ‘questionable,’ possibly shady practices

New algorithm could help scientists avoid publishing in shady titles

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · Aug 25

Impressive look at the impact of paper mills on one journal, by Rene Aquarius, @elisabethbik.bsky.social, David Bimler, Morten Oksvold, @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social h/t @retractionwatch.com www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Tackling paper mills requires us to prevent future contamination and clean up the past – the case of the journal Bioengineered

Taylor & Francis journal Bioengineered has been targeted by paper mills. Our goal is to identify problematic articles published in Bioengineered during the period 2010 to 2024. Dimensions was used ...

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Cheshire @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social · Aug 21

Another Othman Ghribi retraction.

This shouldn’t take 3 years, @elsevierconnect.bsky.social 😐

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H/T Matt Schrag, @charlespiller.bsky.social @elisabethbik.bsky.social, but a sad story.

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · Aug 12

Reporters should bookmark this primer from a true pro.

Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · Aug 12

For @theopennotebook.bsky.social, I wrote about what to do when people don't call you back. To investigate secretive subjects, reporters can make creative use of public documents: lawsuits, corporate filings, government databases, social media, and much more. www.theopennotebook.com/2025/08/12/h...

Hidden in Plain Sight: Using Public Documents to Report on Elusive Stories - The Open Notebook

People, companies, and government agencies don’t always return your phone calls. To investigate secretive subjects, reporters can make creative use of documents that are out in the open. Lawsuits, Ins...

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Charles Piller @charlespiller.bsky.social · Aug 12

In Guinea, the United States helped beat back malaria. Now, the disease is set to soar | Science | AAAS important story on the extreme human costs of new US policies via @martinenserink.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

In Guinea, the United States helped beat back malaria. Now, the disease is set to soar

Foreign aid cuts are expected to cause a rise in malaria cases and deaths across sub-Saharan Africa

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