Vincent Racaniello
Vincent Racaniello, PhD, is a Higgins Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. He is one of four virologists who has recently authored Principles of Animal Virology, a textbook used by many teaching virology to undergraduate, medical and graduate students. He runs the popular TWiV blog and podcast with regular interviews in the field of virology.
His blog has published numerous articles written by David Tuller criticising the PACE trial including an open letter to The Lancet demanding an independent review of the controversial study.[1]
Vincent is a member of the Solve ME/CFS Initiative's Scientific Advisory Board.[2]
Open Letter to The Lancet
Two open letters to the editor of The Lancet urged the editor to commission a fully independent review of the PACE trial, which the journal had published in 2011. The first, written in 2015, was sign by Dr. Racaniello and 5 of his colleagues. In 2016, thirty-six additional colleagues in the ME/CFS field, signed the second letter.
- 13 November 2015, An open letter to Dr. Richard Horton and The Lancet
- 10 February 2016, An open letter to The Lancet, again - Virology blog
