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Speaker: 

Elisabeth Bik, PhD

Science builds upon science. Even after peer-review and publication, science papers could still contain images or other data of concern. If not addressed post-publication, papers containing incorrect or even falsified data could lead to wasted time and money spent by other researchers trying to reproduce those results. Elisabeth Bik is an image forensics detective who left her paid job in industry to search for and report biomedical articles that contain errors or data of concern. She has done a systematic scan of 20,000 papers in 40 journals and found that about 4% of these contained inappropriately duplicated images. In her talk, she will present several types of inappropriately duplicated images, how to report such problems and how journals and institutions handle such allegations. Finally, she will address the growing problems of ‘paper mills’, for-profit networks that produce and sell large amounts of low-quality or fake papers, often with the use of artificial intelligence.

Sponsored by Jay Piccirillo, MD, FACS & The TL1 Program, this seminar is part of the CRTC Career Development Seminar Series. The Career Development Seminar Series offers periodic workshops and presentations open to all trainees, faculty, and staff on professional development, best practices, resources, and guidelines pertaining to research.

• In Person – Connor Auditorium, FLTC; Zoom option available
  UPDATE: In-person registration is now full. Please register for the virtual event.
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• For questions, contact Mary Katherine Townsend at marykatherine@wustl.edu

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