Cornell Announces Internal Investigation of Brian Wansink

Cornell University has reportedly begun a formal investigation into the research work of Brian Wansink, director of the university’s Food and Brand Lab. Four of Wansink’s papers have been retracted in 2017, including a Frontiers of Psychology article retracted on November 27 and a JAMA Pediatrics article retracted in October. Reportedly, an additional eight papers have been or will be corrected, and Wansink has faced scientific misconduct allegations related to at least 50 studies.

Cornell previously reviewed allegations of “inappropriate data handling and statistical analysis” in four of Wansink’s published papers but found no scientific misconduct.