By David Tuller, DrPH Last Tuesday, November 5th, I spoke in Newry, Northern Ireland, about that research study from Bristol University with a 3000-word "correction/clarification" now appended to it. The talk was called "The Lightning Process Trial: A Saga of Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Research--and Even Worse Editorial Decisions." The ...

By David Tuller, DrPH In an interesting and unexpected development in the ongoing saga of my dispute with the University of Bristol, the chief executive of the National Health Service's Health Research Authority sent a gracious note about my work to Carol Christ, the chancellor of the University of California, ...

By David Tuller, DrPH Last November 12, I published a post called "How Bristol Investigators Avoided Ethical Review." That post addressed the series of eleven studies conducted by Bristol investigators and exempted from ethical review on questionable grounds. The lead investigator of these studies was Professor Esther Crawley, Bristol's methodologically ...

By David Tuller, DrPH I have sent the following letter to Jane Bridgwater, Bristol University's director of legal services and deputy university secretary. ********** Jane Bridgwater Director of Legal Services and Deputy University Secretary University of Bristol Bristol, UK Dear Ms Bridgwater: I have raised multiple concerns in recent years ...

By David Tuller, DrPH Last week, the National Health Service's Health Research Authority published a long-awaited (by me) investigation of 11 studies from Bristol University. All 11 studies were spearheaded by Professor Esther Crawley, the University of Bristol's high-profile pediatrician. I had flagged these studies as problematic because in every ...