Word: med
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...disclosure of a new Med School plan linking industry with academia raised questions in the fall concerning the school's ethical standards, and the actions of two of the school's members furthered damaged the Med School's credibility in the area of ethics...
...September, the Med School unveiled a plan that would would blend medical research with private-sector profit. The program--which the school has begun implementing--created a $30 million dollar venture capital program that would market the discoveries of faculty members through a network of affiliated companies...
Questions concerning industry's role in academia took center stage at the Med School when it was disclosed that Sheffer C.G. Tseng, an ophthalmology fellow, had apparently acted unethically in his research. Tseng was found by the University to have exaggerated results of his experiments on a vitamin A treatment for dry-eye disease while owning substantial stock in the company that manufactures the drug...
...committee assigned by Med School Dean Daniel C. Tosteson '44 to investigate the incident found that Tseng was "improperly" supervised during his research. His supervisor, Associate Professor Kenneth R. Kenyon, also held stock in the company selling the drug...
...only days later the academic integrity of the Med School was called into question as the head of the Department of Psychology resigned his post after having been exposed for committing plagiarism earlier in his career...