A cancer genomics researcher at Duke University was put on leave after administrators learned that falsely claimed he was a Rhodes scholar. The school took the action after Letter cancer in Washington, DC, newsletter, investigated allegations of Anil Potti of being a Rhodes Scholar to several grant applications. The online newsletter reported on Thursday that he learned of the foundation that Rhodes Potti never received the prestigious award, which is given for the study at the University of Oxford in the UK.
Potti explained in an e-mail sent to the newsletter was a candidate for the award, Letter cancer reports. The newsletter was also able to confirm other details in various Potti biographies, including two awards, he said, to have received research organizations on cancer. On Friday, officials told the Duke The News & Observer they put on administrative leave Potti while investigating the allegations.
The American Cancer Society has suspended payments on a research grant to Potti $ 729,000.
Potti is a co-investigator on the research at Duke led by Joseph Nevins on the use of gene expression networks to predict the response of a cancer patient to chemotherapy. Two external statisticians found serious errors in key publications by the Duke group, according to Letter cancer .
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