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  Encyclopedia: Eric Poehlman
Eric Poehlman, formerly of the Université de Montréal, Canada, is a researcher into obesity.
Poehlman's integrity was first questioned by student Walter DeNino, who saw data being altered.
Eric Poehlman, formerly of the University of Montreal, Canada, is a researcher into obesity.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Eric-Poehlman   (369 words)

  
 Times Argus: Vermont News & Information
Eric T. Poehlman, 49, was accused of making up research between 1992 and 2000 on closely watched topics such as menopause, aging and hormone supplements to win millions of dollars in grant money from the federal government.
Poehlman, who was employed at UVM from 1987 to 1993 and as a tenured professor from 1996 to 2001, now works as research consultant in Montreal.
Poehlman is accused of requesting $11.6 million in federal funding for 17 grants using false data.
www.timesargus.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050405/SERVICES02/50405001/1003/NEWS02   (616 words)

  
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Poehlman et al (1991), suggested that future investigations re-examine the quantity and quality of exercise and diet needed to achieve optimal fat loss and maintenance of RMR in various populations.
In an earlier study by Poehlman et al (10), these issues were addressed by examining the adaptive response to RMR in 6 pairs of monozygotic twins following 3 weeks of aerobic exercise training that created a caloric deficit of 1000 kcal per day.
Poehlman, E.T., A. Tremblay, E. Fontaine, J.P. Despres, A. Nadeau, J. Dussault, and C. Bouchard.
www.sportsci.org /encyc/drafts/Metabolic_rate.doc   (2062 words)

  
 Former Research Professor Settles Scientific Misconduct Allegations; Pleads Guilty to Making Material False Statements ...
Also, Dr. Poehlman has agreed to be barred for life from seeking or receiving funding from any federal agency in the future, including all components of the Public Health Service, and to submit numerous letters of retraction and correction to scientific journals related to his scientific misconduct.
Poehlman faces up to five years imprisonment on the criminal charge, but the United States has agreed to take no position on a request by Dr. Poehlman to receive a more lenient sentence based upon his cooperation with authorities and his acceptance of responsibility.
Poehlman also presented falsified and fabricated data in grant applications and academic papers related to his study of metabolism in Alzheimer's patients and the effect of endurance training on metabolism.
www.npicenter.com /anm/anmviewer.asp?a=12012&z=18   (1415 words)

  
 fakegrant
Prosecutors said Eric T. Poehlman, 49, a former tenured professor at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, would fabricate his research to make his proposals look more intriguing, in the hope that the government would be more likely to dole out grants to him.
Poehlman has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of making false statements in an application for a $542,000 grant he received, federal prosecutors said.
Poehlman is accused of requesting $11.6 million in federal funding using false data.
www.polytechnic.org /faculty/gfeldmeth/fakegrant.html   (460 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Nation / Researcher admits fraud in grant data
Eric T. Poehlman, a leading specialist on metabolic changes during aging, acknowledged that he altered and made up research results from 1992 to 2002, including findings published in medical journals that overstated the effect of menopause on women's health.
Poehlman's misconduct was detected and exposed by a former University of Vermont lab technician, Walter F. DeNino, who once viewed Poehlman as his mentor.
Poehlman fabricated test results for all but three of the 35 women in his long-term study of the health effects of menopause, an influential paper indicating that women rapidly lose muscle mass, and gain fat after menopause.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/03/18/researcher_admits_fraud_in_grant_data   (838 words)

  
 Researcher Fabricated Data in Studies on Women (washingtonpost.com)
Poehlman also has been barred for life from seeking or receiving any federal funding or participating in federal health programs, and he will issue at least 10 retractions and corrections to papers he published in scientific journals, officials said.
Poehlman was accused of using fraudulent data to apply for about $11.6 million in federal funding between 1992 and 2002, and he ultimately received about $2.9 million.
Poehlman faces up to five years in prison on a criminal charge of making false statements in a grant application in April 1999, but the government "has agreed to take no position" on Poehlman's request for a more lenient sentence "based on his cooperation with authorities and his acceptance of responsibility," the statement said.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A45611-2005Mar17.html   (521 words)

  
 Grantee Misconduct - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Eric T. Poehlman, a former tenured research professor at the University of Vermont (UVM) College of Medicine in Burlington, Vermont, has agreed to a comprehensive criminal, civil, and administrative settlement related to his scientific misconduct in falsifying and fabricating research data in numerous federal grant applications and in academic articles from 1992 to 2002.
NIH considers the scientific misconduct admitted by Dr. Poehlman deplorable and an affront to the American people and the vast community of scientists who conduct their research in an honorable and ethical manner.
Poehlman has agreed to retract or correct 10 scientific articles which he authored, published from 1992 -2002, because of falsified or fabricated data.
www.nih.gov /news/granteemisconduct.htm   (300 words)

  
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Eric Poehlman said he fabricated data in 17 applications for US federal grants and agreed to be barred for life "from seeking or receiving funding from any federal agency in the future, including all components of the Public Health Service."
Poehlman resigned his tenured professorship in 2001, taking a Canada Research Chairs endowed chair worth CDN $1 million (USD $825,000) over 5 years, at the Université de Montréal, which knew nothing about the UVM investigation and was eager to highlight his work.
Among the best known studies cast into doubt is Poehlman's longitudinal menopause study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in 1995, in which he claimed that he had tested 35 healthy women for the effects of menopause on resting metabolic rate and other variables and that he had retested them six years later.
blogs.salon.com /0001004/2005/03/22.html   (1116 words)

  
 Office of Research Integrity
From 1987 to 2001, Dr. Poehlman held various research positions as an assistant, associate, and full professor of medicine at the UVM College of Medicine in Burlington, Vermont (1987-1993; 1996-2001), and the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland (1993-1996).
Dr. Poehlman also presented falsified and fabricated data in grant applications and academic papers related to his study of metabolism in Alzheimer's patients and the effect of endurance training on metabolism.
Dr. Poehlman is represented by Robert B. Hemley, Esq., and Andrew D. Manitsky, Esq., of Gravel and Shea in Burlington, Vermont.
ori.dhhs.gov /misconduct/cases/press_release_poehlman.shtml   (1411 words)

  
 Obesity Researcher AdmitsFabricating Data- $3 Mill Fraud in Gov Grants - Boston Globe
Poehlman left the University of Vermont under the cloud of an investigation, only to be hired as an endowed professor at the University of Montreal.
Poehlman's is the most serious case of research fraud since a mid-1980s investigation led to an admission from University of Pittsburgh psychologist Stephen Breuning that he had falsified data on the use of stimulants in children, said Chris Pascal, director of the federal Office of Research Integrity, which investigates research fraud.
The University of Vermont investigation concluded that Poehlman had fabricated most of the data used in a six-year study of changes in 35 women after menopause, which was published in The Annals of Internal Medicine in 1995.
www.ahrp.org /infomail/05/03/18a.php   (1961 words)

  
 Researcher Admits Fraud in Grant Data
Poehlman's work was not so groundbreaking that the fabrication will require rethinking any major doctrines on obesity or aging, several colleagues said.
Poehlman took a computer disk of the data home for the weekend, ostensibly to look for clerical errors and statistical anomalies, and when he gave it back to DeNino for reanalysis, the data painted a much darker picture of post-menopausal health, DeNino said.
Poehlman is expected to be arraigned and plead guilty to fraud within weeks.
www.ghchealth.com /forum/ntopic433.html   (1728 words)

  
 Apria - resources - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Eric Poehlman has agreed to a plea bargain including a lifetime ban on receiving federal research funds, the Boston Globe reported.
Poehlman was a leading expert on obesity and changes in women after menopause.
Poehlman left Vermont during the investigation, accepting an endowed chair at the University of Montreal.
www.apria.com /resources/1,2725,494-293802,00.html   (847 words)

  
 WFMY
It was also criminal because Poehlman had used $2 million in government grants - taxpayer money - for studies to perpetrate his fraud.
Back then, she was a bodybuilder entering menopause and, by volunteering for Poehlman's research, was hoping to "make a difference." Now, she knows she didn't.
Poehlman pleaded guilty to a criminal charge and faces up to five years in prison.
www.wfmynews2.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=43350   (396 words)

  
 SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT: Researcher Faces Prison for Fraud in NIH Grant Applications and Papers -- Kintisch 307 (5717): ...
Eric Poehlman, an expert on menopause, aging, and metabolism, faces up to 5 years in jail and a $250,000 fine and has been barred for life from receiving any U.S. research funding.
Eric Poehlman (shown in 1991 photo) has notified journals about 10 papers that required retractions.
Poehlman, 49, first came under suspicion in 2000 when Walter DeNino, then a 24-year-old research assistant, found inconsistencies in spreadsheets used in a longitudinal study on aging.
sciencemag.org /cgi/content/full/307/5717/1851a?maxtoshow=&.../30/2005   (653 words)

  
 Hormone Replacement Fraud :: Out of Time Radio :: UFO Radio Talk Paranormal Alien Abductions ET Ghosts Photo
Eric Poelhlman also had used $2 million in government grants — taxpayer money - for studies to perpetrate his fraud.
The "criminal charge" was not specified nor has any data been released as to the number of deaths or illnesses caused by this fraudulent research and unnecessary hormone use.
Eric Poehlman pled guilty to one count of making a material false statement in connection with preparing, signing and submitting a $542,000 grant application to NIH.
www.outoftimeradio.org /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=92   (416 words)

  
 The Scientist :: The aftermath of fraud, Mar. 28, 2005
The admission of widespread data fabrication by Eric Poehlman, a well known nutrition researcher, as part of a plea bargain last week has sparked a discussion of about how journals can handle such impropriety.
Poehlman's work was cited widely; the top 10 most-cited of his more than 200 papers have been cited an average of 125 times each.
Roubenoff, who cited Poehlman's work, also cowrote the editorial that accompanied Poehlman's 1995 in the Annals of Internal Medicine on changes in body composition throughout menopause that was subsequently retracted.
www.biomedcentral.com /news/20050328/02   (1176 words)

  
 University Diaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
BURLINGTON, Vt. - A former medical school professor was accused Thursday of fabricating research data on closely watched topics such as menopause, aging and hormone supplements to win millions of dollars in grant money from the federal government.
UVM started to investigate Poehlman in December of 2000 when one of his research assistants accused him of scientific misconduct.
POEHLMAN UPDATE: Today’s Boston Globe calls this “the worst case of scientific fakery to come to light in two decades.”
margaretsoltan.phenominet.com /2005/03/everything-you-know-about-menopause-is_18.html   (602 words)

  
 NOT-OD-05-040: Findings of Scientific Misconduct
Poehlman, E.T., Toth, M.J., Ades, P.A., and Rosen, C.J. “Menopause-associated changes in plasma lipids, insulin-like growth factor I and blood pressure: A longitudinal study.” European Journal of Clinical Investigation 27(4):322-326, April 1997 (Report, p.
Poehlman, E.T. and Tchernof, A. “Traversing the menopause: Changes in energy expenditure and body composition.” Coronary Artery Disease 9(12):799-803, 1998 (Correction/retraction required).
That Respondent falsely wrote to the University of Vermont Investigation Committee that the subjects in the longitudinal menopause study had not stayed overnight in the GCRC for the second visit.
grants.nih.gov /grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-040.html   (1932 words)

  
 After the Storm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Poehlman’s case is particularly important to dietitians because his work is related to obesity and resting metabolic rate (RMR) in aging postmenopausal women.
In a longitudinal menopause study, Poehlman falsified thyroid hormone data; essentially, the longitudinal study was never conducted and original data for the 35 women were fabricated.
A study by Toth and Poehlman reported that RMR in vegetarians was approximately 11% higher than in nonvegetarians.3 To date, there has not been another published study comparing RMR of vegetarians with that of nonvegetarians.
www.todaysdietitian.com /archives/td_1105p14.shtml   (3247 words)

  
 Body   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The five-year study, to be conducted at the Clinical Research Center at Fletcher Allen Health Care, will be headed by Professor of Medicine Eric Poehlman, Ph.D., and is backed by a $1.2 million grant from the National Institute of Aging, a branch of the N ational Institutes of Health.
Beginning in August 1997, Poehlman and his colleagues will recruit over 100 women between the ages of 40 and 50 and examine their natural history as they traverse menopause--the time in life when women's estrogen hormonal levels drop significantly.
The grant is the fourth in a recent series of grants to Poehlman and his research team to evaluate women's health issues and places UVM in the forefront of women's health research.
www.uvm.edu /~uvmpr/Springsummer1997/webmenopause.htm   (362 words)

  
 Professor Charged With Faking Grant Info - Nursing
Poehlman is accused of requesting $11.6 million in federal funding
Poehlman said he had tested 35 healthy women and retested the same
Poehlman resigned from the medical school in 2001 and moved to
www.medscitalk.com /ntopic8291.html   (485 words)

  
 Allegations of fake research reach new high   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
_On July 18, Eric Poehlman, once a prominent nutrition researcher, will be sentenced in federal court in Vermont for fabricating research data to obtain a $542,000 federal grant while working as a professor at the University of Vermont College of Medicine.
Poehlman, 49, made up research between 1992 and 2000 on issues like menopause, aging and hormone supplements to win millions of dollars in grant money from the federal government.
In 2001, while he was being investigated, Poehlman left the medical school and was awarded a $1 million chair in nutrition and metabolism at the University of Montreal, where officials say they were unaware of his problems.
sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/09/state/n135410D99.DTL   (1672 words)

  
 Universite de Montreal in the dark about fraud -- Kondro 172 (10): 1278 -- Canadian Medical Association Journal
Eric T. Poehlman was already under investigation in the United
Poehlman was subsequently awarded another $200 000 in grants
Poehlman, who will be sentenced in the US on July 18, has already
www.ecmaj.com /cgi/content/full/172/10/1278-a   (403 words)

  
 Working Group Session Report: Wasting in Geriatrics and Special Consideration in Design of Trials Involving the Elderly ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Goran M. Poehlman E. Total energy expenditure and energy requirements in healthy elderly persons.
Johnson R. Goran M. Poehlman E. Correlates of over- and underreporting of energy intake in healthy older men and women.
Poehlman E. Toth M. Goran M. Carpenter W. Newhouse P., Rosen C. Daily energy expenditure in free-living non-institutionalized Alzheimer's patients: a doubly labeled water study.
nutrition.org /cgi/content/full/129/1/308S   (1710 words)

  
 SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT: Researcher Faces Prison for Fraud in NIH Grant Applications and Papers -- Kintisch 307 (5717): ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In the most extensive scientific misconduct case the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has seen in decades, a researcher formerly at the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington has admitted in court documents to falsifying data in 15 federal grant applications and numerous published articles.
But experts say the number and scope of falsifications discovered, along with the stature of the investigator, are quite remarkable.
This guy was a very successful scientist." Neither Poehlman nor his attorney returned calls from Science.
www.sciencemag.org /cgi/content/full/307/5717/1851a?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=poehlman&searchid=1126032235587_8403&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&fdate=10/1/1995&tdate=9/30/2005   (653 words)

  
 Effects of Endurance and Resistance Training on Total Daily Energy Expenditure in Young Women: A Controlled Randomized ...
Poehlman ET, McAuliffe TL, Van Houten DR, Danforth E Jr 1990 Influence of age and endurance training on metabolic rate and hormones in healthy men.
Poehlman ET, Melby CL, Badylak SF 1991 Relation of age and physical exercise status on metabolic rate in younger and older healthy men.
Poehlman ET, Dvorak RV, DeNino WF, Brochu M, Ades PA 2000 Effects of resistance training and endurance training on insulin sensitivity in nonobese, young women: a controlled randomized trial.
jcem.endojournals.org /cgi/content/full/87/3/1004   (4353 words)

  
 Experimental Gerontology.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
T.O. Obisesan, M.J. Toth, P.A. Ades, E.T. Poehlman, Central markers of body fat distribution are important predictors of plasma lipids in elderly men and women, Experimental Gerontology 32 (6) (1997) pp.
G.D. Webb, M.J. Toth, E.T. Poehlman, Influence of physiological factors on the age-related increase in blood pressure in healthy men, Experimental Gerontology 31 (3) (1996) pp.
Roman V. Dvorak, Eric T. Poehlman, Norepinephrine kinetics in older women: relationship to physical activity and blood pressure, Experimental Gerontology 33 (5) (1998) pp.
www1.elsevier.com /cdweb/journals/05315565/viewer.htt?viewtype=authors&rangeselected=97   (691 words)

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