National Academies Replaces Big Alcohol-Conflicted Researcher on Review Panel with Another Big Alcohol-Conflicted Researcher

Just over one month ago, Ireported that the National Academies had appointed to their newly formedexpert committee to review the health effects of alcohol two scientists who were principal investigators of a research grant funded by the alcohol industry to the tune of $67 million (Dr. Eric Rimm and Dr. Kenneth Mukamal). AfterNew York Times reporter Roni Rabin exposed these conflicts of interest in anarticle, the National Academies announced that it had pulled both Dr. Rimm and Dr. Mukamal from the panel and would replace them.The National Academies recently announced the replacement panelists, and one of them is Dr. Luc Djousse, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Shockingly, it turns out that Dr. Djousse also has a conflict of interest with Big Alcohol, as he hasreceived research funding from the Alcohol Beverage Medical Research Foundation, an alcohol industry front group thatfunnels money from the industry to researchers, serving as a " middle-man " that hides the connection between Big Alcohol and the research.Furthermore, Dr. Djousse is a member of the International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research (ISFAR), a supposedly " independent " panel that reviews alcohol research studies. However, ISFAR was funded by the alcohol industry and most of its panelists haveconflicts of interest with Big Alcohol. Dr. Djousse ' sbiography on the ISFAR site fails to reveal that he has receivedfunding from the alcohol industry - specifically, the Alcoho...
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