Canadian-born Stanford University president resigns over ‘serious flaws’ in research

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What is the Stanford University president’s research misconduct?

Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced Wednesday that he is resigning as head of the university after an independent panel determined that he failed on multiple occasions to correct errors in his published research and oversaw labs with a disquieting tendency to produce manipulated data and sloppy science.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-19/stanford-president-says-hell-resign-amid-scrutiny-over-his-research

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Marc Trevor Tessier-Lavigne OC FRS FRSC FMedSci is a Canadian-American neuroscientist who is the 11th president of Stanford University. Previously, he was a professor at the University of California, San Francisco and then president of Rockefeller University in New York City. Wikipedia

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Jul 20, 2023
The president of Stanford University, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, said Wednesday he would resign, citing an independent review that cleared him of research misconduct but found ‘serious flaws’ in five scientific papers on subjects such as brain development in which he was the principal author. 

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Jul 21, 2023
Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne will resign next month over the questionable handling of flawed scientific research. The investigation began last year after the campus newspaper “The Stanford Daily” investigated claims of research misconduct in past academic papers. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Theo Baker, the student journalist who first published the allegations.

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Jul 20, 2023 #stanford#abc7news#investigation
An 18-year-old student journalist, Theo Baker first broke the story of Stanford president’s possible research misconduct. He joined ABC7 to talk about his findings, and what it means to hold the university and its president accountable.

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