Prominent immunologist and oncologist Padmanee Sharma is facing a lawsuit that accuses her of threatening to harm a junior faculty member’s career, making defamatory comments about them, and trying to take credit for work she did not do. Sharma defended herself, saying her contributions were ignored, and a third-party assessment concluded she should be given credit. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that the lawsuit should be against MD Anderson, the state institution, and not Sharma. Paxton’s office asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit if it is not amended within 30 days. This lawsuit is about proper accreditation in scientific literature for research performed at MD Anderson by its faculty.
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MD Anderson’s Padmanee Sharma responds to research credit suit
