David Resnik

{{Short description|American bioethicist}}

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| birth_name = David Benjamin Resnik

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| nationality = American

| fields = Bioethics
Philosophy of science

| workplaces = National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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| education = Davidson College
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Concord Law School

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| thesis_title = The methodology of biological science

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| thesis_year = 1990

| doctoral_advisor = William Lycan

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| known_for = Research on scientific misconduct

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| awards = Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2017)

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David Benjamin Resnik (born November 30, 1962){{Cite web |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98803069.html |title=Resnik, David B. |website=Library of Congress Name Authority File |access-date=2018-12-26}} is an American bioethicist who works at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). He is known for his work on the nature of scientific misconduct.{{Cite web |url=https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/fraud-breeds-retractions-40396 |title=Fraud Breeds Retractions |last=Richards |first=Sabrina |date=2012-10-01 |website=The Scientist |language=en |access-date=2018-12-26}}{{Cite journal |last=Aschwanden |first=Christie |author-link=Christie Aschwanden |date=October 2007 |title=Seeking an International Dialogue on Research Integrity |journal=Cell |volume=131 |issue=1 |pages=9–11 |doi=10.1016/j.cell.2007.09.032 |pmid=17923078 |s2cid=33509482 |issn=0092-8674|doi-access=free }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/health/medical-research-subjects-who-lie-can-mess-up-study-results |title=Medical research subjects who lie can mess up study results |date=2015-09-25 |website=LiveScience |language=en-US |access-date=2018-12-26}} He earned his B.A. in philosophy from Davidson College, his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his J.D. from Concord University School of Law. He taught at the University of Wyoming from 1990 to 1998, and directed the Center for the Advancement of Ethics there from 1995 to 1998. He then joined the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University (ECU) as associate professor of medical humanities and associate director of the Bioethics Center. He was promoted to full professor at ECU in 2002. In 2004, he left ECU to join the NIEHS.{{Cite web |url=https://www.niehs.nih.gov/sites/api-niehs/files/file/resnik_david_508.pdf |title=David Resnik Curriculum Vitae |access-date=2024-08-05}} He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2017.{{Cite web |url=https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/2017/12/awards-recognition/resnik/index.htm |title=Ethicist David Resnik elected to AAAS |last=Hood |first=Ernie |date=December 2017 |website=Environmental Factor |access-date=2018-12-26}}