David Tuller

Trial By Error: My Letter to Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee

By David Tuller, DrPH Earlier today, I e-mailed the following letter to the members of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, which has been investigating issues of scientific and research integrity. I thought it would be a good idea to make sure they knew that this quality appeared ...

Trial By Error: Waiting for Godlee

By David Tuller, DrPH This morning I sent another letter to Fiona Godlee, editor-in-chief at The BMJ and editorial director at BMJ. Hopefully she will take action soon on the two pediatric papers whose publication has demonstrated that something is seriously amiss at the journals under her stewardship, at least ...

Trial By Error: Yet Another Appeal to The Lancet, With More On Board

By David Tuller, DrPH Last month, Professor Racaniello sent Lancet editor Richard Horton an open letter about the PACE trial signed by 94 scientists, clinicians, academics and other experts. The letter, a follow-up from one sent in 2016, cited the study's "unacceptable methodological lapses" and called for a fully independent ...

Trial By Error: Do All Clinical Trial Experts Love PACE?

By David Tuller, DrPH Professor Michael Sharpe blocked me on Twitter many weeks ago but apparently can't restrain himself from tweeting at me again. Maybe I’ve gotten under his skin. Yesterday he tweeted what must have felt to him like a slam-dunk question: He wanted to know how many clinical ...

Trial By Error: My Letter to Fiona Godlee

By David Tuller, DrPH Update (7/6/18): I sent a follow-up e-mail to Dr Godlee yesterday to correct an inaccuracy in what I wrote about the 2011 report on PACE in The BMJ. I have included that follow-up e-mail at the end of this post. ********** Earlier today, I e-mailed the ...
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