#researchethics — Public Fediverse posts

The continuing "Q collar" scandal

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/13/we-should-probably-be-doing-more-coverage-of-science-adjacent-medical-scams-like-the-q-collar-and-less-on-repulsively-self-promoting-but-ultimately-less-harmful-academic-grifters/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296495

#HackerNews #Qcollar #Scandal #ScienceFraud #MedicalScams #AcademicIntegrity #ResearchEthics

(1) preregistration and #RegisteredReports as tools to strengthen confirmatory rigor in complex clinical designs;
#RCT

(2) responsible data and material sharing under appropriate governance structures that account for the sensitivity of clinical data;
#ResearchEthics

(3) analytic transparency, including documentation of analytic decisions and #QualitativeResearch practices.

* For more on the working group, link to German profile:
https://www.dgps.de/fachgruppen/fgkl/aktivitaeten/ag-open-science/

#DGPs #OpenResearch

Happy new year and hi to the Mastodon peeps!
I see #introductions are a thing, so here I go 🤓:
I'm Maja, an #econ postdoc working on #GlobalHealth at the Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Just got back from my email hiatus over the holidays. Now that I'm mostly off twitter, I'm trying to my way around here. Interested in: #AccessToCare #HIV #LMIC #NCDs #Aging #DevEcon #development #Gender #Equity #ResearchEthics #ImpactEval. Excel trashing also welcome.