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- Cancer research misconduct sparks calls for reform
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- The Sydney Morning Herald
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- online
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- 27 July 2025, 7:30pm
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- https://www.smh.com.au/national/cancer-research-misconduct-sparks-calls-for-reform-20250727-p5mi51.html
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Also published in "The Age" and the "Brisbane Times".
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- Abstract
The architect of Australia's current research integrity system says it is no longer fit for purpose and has called for the establishment of an independent scientific watchdog.
The revelations in this masthead of widespread concerns going back more than 10 years about the research practices of top cancer researcher Professor Mark Smyth have sparked calls for reform.
In Australia, universities and research institutes are responsible for investigating allegations of research misconduct against their own staff. Smyth was cleared by multiple investigations before eventually being found by research institute QIMR Berghofer to have committed serious research misconduct.
On Sunday [2025-07-27] the government said it was undertaking a review of Australia's research integrity system to ensure it "remains effective and fit for purpose".
Kim Carr, minister for science in the Rudd government between 2007 and 2011, designed that system. It clearly no longer works, he said.
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Corporate Bodies
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute (1986 - )
- QIMR Clive Berghofer Medical Research Institute, State of Queensland (2013 - )