Donor Promise May Have Helped Nemeroff Get Post at U. of Miami

September 13, 2011, 12:45 pm

Yet another set of internal e-mails in the long-running saga of Charles B. Nemeroff, chairman of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Miami, may cast more light on why the university decided last year to hire the ethically tainted researcher. The e-mails, outlined today in an article in Forbes, show that Miami’s medical-school dean, Pascal J. Goldschmidt, was wary of Dr. Nemeroff’s record at Emory University, but turned more welcoming after Dr. Nemeroff promised the backing of a donor “who is willing to support the Department of Psychiatry at UM when I (hopefully) relocate.” The e-mails also affirm the enthusiasm of Miami officials about Dr. Nemeroff’s ability to attract federal grant money, and show Dr. Nemeroff exceeding an agreement he had with Emory to limit the number of drug companies that were paying for his services.

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bernard_carroll

Did the promised donor actually step up?
la_profesora

I don’t know the whole story and being on the payroll of so many drug companies does not pass the sniff test, but I have to say I do not see what is weird about a chair in the biomedical sciences being chosen in part because they can attract federal grant money. That’s part of the gig.
22280998

Obtaining grants to study a drug’s effectiveness while being paid by the same drug’s company to promote it is not part of the gig.
bunicula

Nemeroff is now the fox in charge of the chicken coop !
22178338

Another winning moment for the University of Miami and Donna Shalala. Maybe the NCAA needs to look at the Nemeroff situation too. When will UM alumni demand her resignation?
MChag12

So what do you want? It’s Florida. Public or Private, it’s all the same deal.
katisumas

It’s not federal money. It’s private donor’s (pharmaceutical) money.
http://people.albion.edu/imacinnes Ian MacInnes

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