May 28, 2004
U. of Pittsburgh's Prize to Former Chief of Cancer Institute Draws Fire From Congress
Members of a Congressional subcommittee last week criticized a decision by a former director of the National Cancer Institute to accept a $40,000 prize from the University of Pittsburgh after he had approved the institute's participation in a $2.7-million settlement of a lawsuit involving the university and the institute.
Legislators said that this and other awards to staff scientists employed at the National Institutes of Health presented apparent conflicts of interest, but they
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