Political Interference in Science Undermines Medical Research
On a variety of scientific and medical issues, from childhood lead poisoning to reproductive health to toxic mercury pollution, federal government science is being manipulated, distorted, and suppressed at an unprecedented scale.
Medical leaders are speaking out against this political interference in science and calling for change. Below is a sampling of the medical researchers and professionals who have signed a statement that calls for the restoration of scientific integrity in policy making.
Click here to read the statement, sign on, and learn how to keep informed about efforts to defend science from political interference.
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Sampling of Prominent Medical Signatories
| David Baltimore
California Institute of Technology | |
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Paul Berg |
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Johann Deisenhofer University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
Renato Dulbecco Salk Institute |
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Gerald D. Fischbach Columbia University Medical School |
| Lynn R. Goldman John Hopkins School of Public Health |
Roger Guillemin Salk Institute |
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Columbia University |
Stanford University School of Medicine |
Harvard Medical School | |
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Anthony Robbins Tufts University School of Medicine |
Allan Rosenfield Columbia University School of Public Health |
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Felicia Stewart University of California, San Francisco |
Joan A. Steitz Yale University School of Medicine |
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
Steven Weinberg University of Texas, Austin |
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Eric Wieschaus Princeton University
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Harold E. Varmus
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
