Promi­nent can­cer bi­ol­o­gist In­der Ver­ma re­signs from Salk in wake of sex­u­al ha­rass­ment al­le­ga­tions

Fol­low­ing al­le­ga­tions of sex­u­al ha­rass­ment, In­der Ver­ma, a promi­nent can­cer bi­ol­o­gist not­ed for his con­tri­bu­tion to the fields of gene ther­a­py and im­muno-on­col­o­gy, has re­signed from the Salk In­sti­tute for Bi­o­log­i­cal Stud­ies.

The San Diego-based in­sti­tute said Ver­ma re­signed on June 6, days be­fore the board of trustees were sched­uled to re­view the in­sti­tute’s for­mal in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to al­le­ga­tions against him. The board had con­vened to­day to dis­cuss those find­ings — based on which “ap­pro­pri­ate re­spon­sive ac­tion” had been con­sid­ered — but end­ed up vot­ing unan­i­mous­ly to ac­cept his res­ig­na­tion.

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