Diabetes researchers mobilize boycott over ADA leadership row
A coalition of researchers and former ADA leaders has initiated a boycott of the American Diabetes Association after five scientists were removed from its annual conference; the move includes halting grant reviews and submissions to the journal Diabetes Care and promising not to participate in ADA meetings, with a Sept. 9 open letter demanding an independent review of the organization’s governance. The ADA says it is aware of the boycott and stands by its actions, while critics argue the investigation’s conclusions are incomplete and threaten the diabetes research community, potentially pushing members to form or join other groups.