Ferric Fang, Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology, University of Washington

Ferric Fang coauthored a study on the fraction of retractions that result from misconduct, as opposed to errors.

GiveWell spoke with Dr. Fang as a part of our investigation of the cause of metaresearch. The subjects discussed included:

• The problems caused by insufficient funding for biomedical research, and Fang’s view that the biggest problem with biomedical research is lack of funding.
• Aspects of the practice of scientific research that would be desirable to study.

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