Andrew Jess Dannenberg (born February 17, 1956) is a U.S. physician and former researcher specializing in molecular mechanisms of cancer, formerly associated with

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/ M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Andrew J. Dannenberg has no professional or personal connection to Andrew L. Dannenberg, MD, MPH, affiliate professor at the University of Washington. Beginning in 2020 some of Dannenberg's published papers were retracted due to irregularities with the data or figures. ORI found that Respondent engaged in research misconduct by recklessly reporting falsified and/or fabricated data in the following twelve (12) published papers. Case Summary
, ori.hhs.gov. Accessed February 19, 2024.

Academic career

Dannenberg received a B.S. from

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in 1978 and an M.D. from

Washington University School of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine (WashU Medicine) is the medical school of Washington University in St. Louis, located in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1891, the School of Medicine shares a ca ...

in 1982. In 1988 Dannenberg was hired as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at

, becoming in 2000 the Henry R. Erle, M.D. - Roberts Family Professor of Medicine, and later the Associate Director of Cancer Prevention at the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center. Dannenberg retired from Weill in 2021. His research at Weill focused upon the molecular mechanisms of cancer and cancer prevention. In 2011 Dannenberg received the AACR-Prevent Cancer Foundation Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research from the American Association for Cancer Research.

Retractions

In 2020, the ''

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'' retracted nine of Dannenberg's publications due to irregularities with the papers' figures. In 2022 an additional nine papers co-authored by Dannenberg were retracted by ''

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'' due to "evidence of data falsification or fabrication." An investigatory committee at Weill produced findings that were submitted to the federal

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, with a statement from Dannenberg's attorney reporting that "Dannenberg did not generate the problematic data nor prepare the figures necessitating retraction of any of the nine articles." As of 2023, Dannenberg has had 20 of his research publications retracted, and two others have received an expression of concern.

References

External links

Dr. Dannenberg's homepage
at Cornell university. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dannenberg, Andrew J. American thoracic surgeons Cornell University faculty 1956 births Living people Tufts University alumni Washington University School of Medicine alumni