tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post5459393396725492363..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Smokescreen - Will Tobacco Company's New Research Program Create New Conflicts of Interest?Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-40690421710622235972007-08-25T10:45:00.000-04:002007-08-25T10:45:00.000-04:00Following are excerpts from an article published i...Following are excerpts from an article published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch discussing "secret negotiations" to build the Philip Morris research facility and the enthusiastic partnership with VCU. Of additional note is the fact that Francis Macrina, the VP for Research teaches an annual course on Scientific Integrity at VCU and is regularly invited to conduct workshops on ethical aspects of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1286493855235662382007-08-22T22:13:00.000-04:002007-08-22T22:13:00.000-04:00VCU provides Philip Morris employees with affiliat...VCU provides Philip Morris employees with affiliate faculty appointments (see http://www.vcu.edu/graduate/pdfs/Graduate_Faculty.pdf or see for example http://www.egr.vcu.edu/FacultyDetail.aspx?facid=24 or http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/pharmacy/Faculty/FacDetail.asp?ID=114), trains postdocs paid by Philip Morris, and accepts millions of dollars in "research" grants, donations, and other largess. VCU Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-2936766035474041102007-08-22T22:08:00.000-04:002007-08-22T22:08:00.000-04:00VCU invites Philip Morris employees to secure affi...VCU invites Philip Morris employees to secure affiliate faculty appointments (see http://www.vcu.edu/graduate/pdfs/Graduate_Faculty.pdf or for example see http://www.egr.vcu.edu/FacultyDetail.aspx?facid=24 or http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/pharmacy/Faculty/FacDetail.asp?ID=114), trains postdoctoral fellows paid by Philip Morris, and has a long history of accepting donations, research awards, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-843613882290835912007-06-28T01:05:00.000-04:002007-06-28T01:05:00.000-04:00"It is beyond my understanding how someone can wri..."It is beyond my understanding how someone can write something like this without seeming to even think about the other side of the coin."<BR/><BR/>You must be joking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-61683481121679250542007-06-26T21:59:00.000-04:002007-06-26T21:59:00.000-04:00June 25th's "Health Care Renewal" article notes th...June 25th's "Health Care Renewal" article notes that, "When physicians, academic researchers, or health care institutions take tobacco money, doubts will be raised whether their opinions and research are influenced by their tobacco company funding meant to obscure the risks of tobacco products."<BR/><BR/>It is beyond my understanding how someone can write something like this without seeming to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com