Stories by Arturo Casadevall

Arturo Casadevall, M.D. Ph.D., is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor and Alfred and Jill Sommer Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Policy & Ethics

We Must Strengthen the "Science" in Forensic Science

A national commission created to improve the reliability of forensics has been dealt a possibly fatal blow

May 8, 2017 — Sunita Sah, Arturo Casadevall, Suzanne Bell, S. James Gates Jr., Thomas D. Albright and M. Bonner Denton

Why We Cheat

Scientists are unraveling the causes of fraud and dishonesty and devising new strategies for rooting them out

April 12, 2013 — Ferric C. Fang and Arturo Casadevall

The Sciences

Intense Competition among Scientists Has Gotten out of Hand

Intense competition among scientists has led to abuses. Is there a better way?

July 25, 2012 — Ferric C. Fang and Arturo Casadevall