Neuroscience (Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease)
Eliezer Masliah: NIA neuroscience director image findings, 2024 to 2026
National Institute on Aging, US National Institutes of Health (earlier University of California, San Diego)
Misconduct found No longer director of the NIA Division of Neuroscience after NIH found research misconduct in September 2024, with retractions continuing into 2026.1,2,3
Papers
| Paper | Action | Date | Reason stated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two publications cited in NIH's misconduct finding (not named in the NIH statement) Not named, https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/statement-nih-research-misconduct-findings1 | Retraction requested | 26 September 2024 | NIH said it would notify the two journals so they could take appropriate action. |
| Papers in Molecular Therapy, Neurobiology of Disease, BMC Neuroscience, Acta Neuropathologica Communications, Journal of Neuroinflammation, Scientific Reports, Nature Communications and others Multiple journals, https://api.crossref.org/works?query.author=Masliah&filter=update-type:retraction3 | Retracted | 2024-10 to 2026-10 | Crossref lists 19 retraction notices dated October 2024 to October 2026 for papers with an author named Masliah, the latest in Nature Communications on 5 October 2026. Reasons were not read notice by notice. |
Investigations
- National Institutes of Health (after allegations raised by the HHS Office of Research Integrity in May 2023), 15 September 2024NIH found research misconduct in the form of falsification and/or fabrication involving re-use and relabel of figure panels in two publications.1
- Science magazine investigation (journalism, not a misconduct finding), 26 September 2024Reported that a dossier compiled by a neuroscientist and forensic analysts flagged suspect images in 132 of his papers from 1997 to 2023, as summarised by MDedge.2
Sources
- National Institutes of Health, Statement by NIH on research misconduct findings (26 September 2024)
- MDedge, Prominent NIH neuroscientist fired over alleged research misconduct (30 September 2024)
- Crossref (incorporating Retraction Watch data), Crossref works search: retraction notices, author Masliah (27 October 2026)