Two years ago, West Virginia University was nearly ready to name a new department chair: Anoop Shankar, a member of the Royal College of Physicians with a Ph.D. in epidemiology and dozens of papers in ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee admits “the ball was dropped” when WVU hired Dr. Anoop Shankar, the former chair of epidemiology, who had — it was later learned — ...

A former West Virginia University professor who had been nominated to lead its epidemiology department made up credentials for his resume, including his doctorate, and may now face questions about his ...

WVU President E. Gordon Gee admits the University made mistakes in how it handled the case of Anoop Shankar and academic fraud. Gee, appearing on Metronews Talkline Monday, said the University did not ...

FAIRMONT, W.VA. — NBC News reported Wednesday a former international epidemiology professor falsified both his academic research and his credentials when hired by West Virginia University in 2012. But ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “Clearly, this is a case where something slipped through the cracks.” That’s how Adam Marcus, the co-founder of the whistleblower research blog Retraction Watch, describes the ...

West Virginia University officials are not releasing details about allegations that a former professor in the university's School of Public Health was hired with false credentials. According to a ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The chancellor for health sciences at West Virginia University says changes will be made after revelations that a former researcher, Dr. Anoop Shankar, fictionalized much of his ...

Just a few years ago, Anoop Shankar was a rising academic star at WVU, on the verge of being appointed to the new “Chair of Excellence” at the University’s School of Public Health. There was just one ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University officials haven’t publicly spoken about a former researcher who held a high-ranking position in the university, but an NBC News report is exposing the ...