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http://www.virology.ws/2019/01/31/t...oQaiTU1ogrPKeRIj7FpgjNorrUGkriPVEKS-3L43vsiMg
31 JANUARY 2019
By David Tuller, DrPH
In the last year, I have raised multiple concerns about studies from the University of Bristol with the UK Health Research Authority, among others. The HRA is the National Health Service arm that oversees approvals for research in England; the agency’s role is to ensure that research receives a favorable opinion from an ethics committee before it begins.
Yesterday, the agency confirmed to me that, after reviewing the matter, it has raised questions with University of Bristol officials about a number of these studies and has asked them to investigate the situation. The HRA is now awaiting the outcome of that investigation.
In other words, some of Professor Crawley’s work is now under formal scrutiny. This is a serious inquiry, although of course it is difficult to predict what the results will be, given the sorry history of this whole mess.