Investigative reporter @sciencemagazine. Before: investigations for @statnews @sacbee_news @latimes. [email protected] - Signal: cpiller.01 - Author of the book "Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer's"
Charles Piller
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Glad to see that the litany of defects in the $13B SF-Oakland Bay Bridge have not been totally forgotten. Decent intro via MegaBuilds: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAr9...
I spent years investigating those. They were ignored or never adequately fixed. Among many articles:
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Thanks to Stephen J. Dubner, Dalvin Aboagye, and colleagues for having me on a great Freakonomics episode about Alzheimer's and my book Doctored. freakonomics.com/podcast/why-...
For readers in the UK and Commonwealth nations - Doctored is now out in paperback bit.ly/4clbKIL
The Fight Over Antisemitism Studies - thoughtful, nuanced reporting by @stephaniemlee.bsky.social www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
A conference taught me that scientists and journalists must work together to protect research - great insights from @lonnibesancon.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators - sobering report by @jeffreybrainard.bsky.social | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Medicare is spending far less than expected on new Alzheimer’s drugs www.statnews.com/2026/05/11/m... via @statnews.com @bobjherman.bsky.social
A monumental head-scratcher: Why won't the journal just retract the study? Judge tosses lawsuit over controversial Paxil ‘Study 329’ retractionwatch.com/2026/04/02/j...
“Game-changer” breast cancer study retracted as Indiana researcher out of his post - findings by @thatsregrettab1.bsky.social retractionwatch.com/2026/04/15/g...
If you’re in the Boston area, please join me on April 16 for my talk about the tragedy of fraudulent or false Alzheimer’s research – and the response to my book “Doctored.” Talk and reception sponsored by MIT Knight Science Journalism. ksj.mit.edu/event/lectur...
Charles Piller
Charles Piller
Science sleuth Lonni Besançon realizes that he has sometimes misunderstood what the media want from him and his researcher colleagues.
Join Charles Piller, a correspondent for Science and investigative reporter, as he discusses his book “Doctored,” an examination into how unscrupulous researchers, government enablers, and Pharma exec...
A group of cancer researchers whose work has been questioned by sleuths has been hit with their third retraction in less than a year. Today, Science Translational Medicine (STM) withdre…
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A judge has dismissed a legal challenge aimed at forcing Elsevier to retract a long-criticized study that concluded the antidepressant Paxil was safe and effective for teens. The 2001 paper, publis…
