The New York University Grossman School of Medicine is in discussions with biologist David Sabatini about hiring him as a faculty member, according to multiple sources at the school. Since August 2021, Sabatini has been forced out of or fired from three leading institutions for sexual harassment or for violating workplace or consensual sexual relationship policies. The hiring discussions have been taking shape over several weeks, according to NYU sources.
“I’m concerned for the culture of the institution. For the students. For the trainees,” said one faculty member, who asked to be anonymous for fear of retaliation by the medical school administration. “The accusations made are really serious. … Is this signaling that in the future students that come forward for any kind of faculty misconduct will be disregarded?”
The institutions have not provided details about the behaviors that led to Sabatini’s removal, but the Whitehead compiled a 229-page report, according to a defamation lawsuit Sabatini filed in October 2021 against the Whitehead, Lehmann, and a junior colleague who told investigators that Sabatini had sexually harassed her. He had served on her Ph.D. thesis committee, and she became a Whitehead fellow with her own lab in a program he was soon appointed to direct.
taylorswift13 Can we please make sure Taylor Swift knows this?
Was he found guilty in a court of law or a court of public opinion?
The realities of an exposed professor, imagine all of the ones who haven’t been exposed yet. This is saying there are no consequences for sexual harassment. Shame on you nyuniversity
I wonder if the women that will be working with him support this hire? I guess not!
Gross man being hired by Grossman. On brand.
ZoyMB The fact that the school is called the Grossman school, really seems insane too.
this is disgusting
It's amazing what being a greasy mediocre white dude can do for your career.
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nyuniversity nyugrossman pigs hire pigs
See this
Some members of the NYU community have raised concerns after reading reports Dr. David Sabatini could join NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Allow us to respond.
Sabatini lab members are enlisting anonymous signatures for an online letter supporting him, they “never experienced or observed an abusive lab culture or a sexualized lab environment, and we did not witness sexual harassment.” Not witnessing it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
A plea to NYU Leadership to not hire Dr. Sabatini
leoniehaimson Grossman hires a gross man.
nyuniversity nyugrossman do better! This man has discredited science by harassing scientists and in turn being forced out of major universities. Why place women at NYU in the same position?
What if they said, we'll hire you but only after you get neutered by your local veterinarian?
Are they serious? One case, just one, will be a huge liability for them. They are hiring a known entity.
Meanwhile there're THOUSANDS of scientists looking for jobs, unemployed. Shame.
Shameful
how many academic careers did he cancel and how many academic careers have been canceled by sexual harassers? - too many.
Well, glad to know now that nyugrossman doesn't give a shit about sexual misconduct. Faculty, staff, & students take note....bc I'll never recommend their SOM again. Enablers SexualMisconduct sabatini NYU MedTwitter
Yeah you need gross men to hold up the image.
I know of an male academic that was accused of sexual assault (100% true) and was later hired by unibirmingham though they might not know if the previous uni where it happened OpenUniversity didnt pass it on. he is tenure track now 🤮
Like-minded men are protecting him and giving him one opportunity after another, no matter how much damage he causes to people, or their own institutions. Their priority is maintaining their privilege and that club sticks together no matter what.
the email is so disgusting. not supporting this isn’t cancel culture or a difference of opinions. also that the hiring institutions want letters of support is ridiculous. just because some people didn’t see harassment doesn’t mean it wasn’t real .
Academia is just as bad as the catholic church sometimes...
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Gross man!
Gross man. I mean..
Shame on you nyugrossman. I hope all the women at your institution have a fair say in this matter before you proceed. NYUGrossMen NYUShameOnYou
nyulangone this is truly unacceptable
MarieCoppola68 Three firings for sexual misconduct in less than ONE YEAR, and this doesn't raise red flags? Hope their liability insurance ups their premium fee a shit ton.
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Good luck discussing the culture behind that hire with the next LCME medical school accreditation team…
ScienceInsider Terrible
.Ponderphd what's the NYU Postdoc Council think of this?!
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you don't say! Just like NYU retained Avital Ronell [a lesbian] despite finding that she sexually harassed her own [gay] graduate student through the length of his thesis.
It's nearly impossible to even get to the point where these serial assaulters are found guilty, and even in the rare situations they are, they face so little consequences
Channeling the movie “Risky Business” they decided “NYU could use a guy like Sabatini”🤨
'Grossman', for sure.
When there are brilliant scientists all over, why hire a sexual deviant, nyugrossman. What a slap in the face to your students.
I know one thing: I will actively warn all students who work with me to NOT apply for medical or graduate programs at this institution nyugrossman which does not seem to take seriously the damning evidence that led to this individual's removal from three institutions.
phylogenomics Disgusting
Here we go again, same old shit again. Rich white men support each other no matter what they do. They never, ever learn.
Gross man is about right.
This will not end well
Thank you for publishing this!
Well I guess they’ll be no 4. Too bad some women will suffer along the way.
This institution hopping happens all the time and happened at mine, although I suppose it’s surprising how overt they’re being with simply not caring
ARODMDPHD That desperate for professors huh nyuniversity
Not a good look.
If I audit his class can I slap his ass in front of his TAs?
I am wondering what the school's insurers might have to say about this hiring. After all, what could possibly go wrong?
Supported by NYU medical school dean and CEO Robert Grossman, Executive Vice President and Vice Dean for Science Dafna Bar-Sagi, and billionaire hedge fund founder Bill Ackman. 'Cancel culture' my ass.
What are the chances this will turn out like the Florian Jaeger debacle?
Why do guys like this keep getting jobs when there are so many other qualified faculty nyuniversity
Thank you for covering this.
TheMuscleTussle wondered if you’d seen this update?
kataplexis The Grossman School? I see.
So special
ItsTheBrandi Is he going to be hired by Hudson University?
jfeldman_epi Gross, man.
kendallybrown Yes, white guy privilege at its finest! Let me guess the hiring committee is mostly all white men?
This is awful
I’m not at all surprised that nyuniversity is considering hiring Sabatini. They have a poor track record for supporting women nyulmc oni_blackstock uche_blackstock
Malaysians casually watching their ex prime minister whose convicted of stealing rm billions fr public funds gets a seat at the royal dinners and red carpet event by govt depts
In addn to this being immoral & disrespectful to your other staff members and students, namely the women at the university, he is a massive liability. They are knowingly bringing in a person who is likely to conduct himself in a way that’s gonna get y’all sued to hell. Foolish.
billionaires coming 2 the rescue🫠
Is this a new species of nominative determinism?
AlongsideWild I don’t think it was against cultural norms 6-7 years ago for professors to have sex with their students. At least let him have another job. He’ll have to wade the cancel culture depth until it at least gets below his thighs.
shameoNYU Each year so many qualified, honest, good people go without faculty job offers yet this is totally acceptable by some members of the academy.
AnnaAnthro Now to be renamed “Gross Men School of Medicine”.