American Diabetes Association is sending wrong message
The American Diabetes Association is facing backlash after security personnel evicted physicians from an annual meeting for distributing an opinion piece critical of the Trump administration. Over 200 members are now calling for an investigation and the resignation of top officials.
Why it matters
This incident highlights growing tensions regarding political neutrality and academic freedom within major scientific organizations.
Marcus is the editorial director of the Center for Scientific Integrity, the parent nonprofit of Retraction Watch, and senior editorial director of primary care at Medscape. Oransky is the executive director of the center and distinguished journalist in residence at New York University’s Arthur Carter Journalism Institute.
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Nine years ago in these pages, we — columnists for STAT at the time — praised the American Diabetes Association for standing up to a researcher in Brazil who had sued the group in U.S. federal court for issuing expressions of concern on four of his published articles. We even named the ADA the inaugural winner of our Doing the Right Thing award.
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