• Ex-University of Queensland professor found guilty of falsifying results in Parkinson's paper
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[quote]A former University of Queensland professor who resigned after being [b]found to have falsified research results in a study on Parkinson’s[/b] has been given a two-year suspended sentence in a Brisbane Court on fraud-related charges. Professor Bruce Murdoch was found guilty of falsifying research results in a paper published in the European Journal of Neurology in 2011. ... Magistrate Tina Privitera said Professor Murdoch “knew the research was false” but accepted a $20,000 research grant, the Courier Mail reported. ... This morning he [b]pleaded guilty to 17 fraud-related charges[/b] and was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court.[/quote] Source: [url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/exprofessor-found-guilty-of-fraud/news-story/7a6561bada1bf52f517d97164e140f35?nk=aea9bd2b0142b56839f58a02a195eeaa-1459420541]The Australian[/url] Giving false hope to people affected by Parkinson's. What a top bloke.
Cunt. Thankfully this will have destroyed any chance of him ever getting a research position again.
[QUOTE=download;50039160]Cunt. Thankfully this will have destroyed any chance of him ever getting a research position again.[/QUOTE] You can't recover from this academically.
he can always lie about how he's not bruce murdoch and that it's his doppelganger
This will have a huge impact on UQ's credibility too. My grandma, who passed away a few years back from Parkinsons, would always tell me of the great research coming out of UQ. I don't think anymore needs to be said.
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