Documentation: Letter from 58 scientists in Milena Penkowa case

There have in the press been recent accusations of scientific misconduct by Milena Penkowa as well as negligence on the part of the University of Copenhagen in handling recurrent claims of fraud against her over the past decade.

To preserve the credibility of the University of Copenhagen and the international reputation of Danish research we advise these matters to be transparently reviewed.

As members of the Danish and international research community representing several Danish Universities we ask the Copenhagen University Board of Governors to establish an independent board equipped with the necessary scientific and legal competence to review all aspects of the alleged fraud and its oversight.

(List of signatories below, with Danish job titles and affiliations)

Ph.d stud. Malene Ambjørn, KU BRIC, tidl. speciale stud. i Penkowas gruppe
Lektor Ole Amtorp, KU Sund
Professor Flemming Bach, AU Aa hospital
Professor Mikael Begtrup, KU Farma
Professor Vladimir Berezin, KU Sund
Professor Elisabeth Bock, KU Sund
Professor Niels Borregaard, KU RH
Professor Kjeld Danø, KU RH
Lektor Claus Emmeche, KU Nat
Professor Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen, KU RH
Professor Bente Finsen, SDU
Lektor Aase Frandsen, KU Sund
Professor Lars Fugger, FI Oxford
Lektor Jan Bert Gramsbergen, SDU
Professor Peter Gøtzsche, KU RH
Lektor Mogens Herman Hansen, KU Hum
Lektor Klaus Hansen, KU RH
Professor Niels Høiby, KU RH
Lektor Henrik Jahnsen, KU Sund
Professor Johannes Jakobsen, AU Århus Hosp.
Professor Troels Staehelin Jensen, AU Århus Hosp.
Professor Jens Kastrup, KU RH
Professor Boris Klementiev, KU Sund
Overlæge Nils Koch-Henriksen, Aalborg Hosp./Scleroseregisteret
Professor Christian Krarup, KU RH
Professor Derk Kriger, KU BBH RH
Lektor Kate Lykke Lambertsen, SDU
Professor Rasmus Larsen, DTU
Lektor Jytte Overgaard Larsen, KU Sund
Overlæge Henning Laursen, KU RH
Professor Benny Lautrup, KU NBI
Lektor Henrik Lublin, KU Glo
Lektor Morten Meyer, SDU Sund
Professor Morten Møller, KU Sund
Gæsteforsker Tatiana Novikova, KU Sund
Senior forsker Inger Jansen Olesen, Glostrup Hospital
Professor Jes Olesen, KU Glo
Professor Olaf Paulson, KU RH HvH
Professor Bente Klarlund Pedersen, KU RH
Post. Doc. Martin Volmer Pedersen, KU Life Gubra Aps, tidl. ph.d. stud i Penkowas gruppe
Lektor Lars Pinborg, KU RH
Lektor Per Plenge, KU Sund
Professor Anne Birgitte Raben, KU Life
Professor Jens F. Rehfeld, KU RH
Professor Bertil Romner, KU RH
Professor Jørgen Rygaard, KU
Professor Arne Schousboe, KU Farma
Lektor Finn Sellebjerg, KU RH
Professor Niels Erik Skakkebæk, KU RH
Professor Frederik Stjernfelt, AU Hum
Lektor Åsa Fex Svenningsen, SDU
Professor Per Soelberg Sørensen, KU RH
Adjunkt Jeppe Vinther, KU BRIC
Professor John Vissing, KU RH
Professor Niels Vrang, KU Life Gubra Aps
Professor Gunhild Waldemar, KU RH
Lektor David Woldbye, KU Sund
Professor Jens Zimmer, SDU

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