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  1. Not really sure how to put this, since I'm still a bit freaked out. I think my advisor committed scientific misconduct. Long story short, I found out today that my advisor misrepresented data, which I helped to collect, while giving a presentation at a conference. It was done in a way that was clearly and without a doubt scientifically irresponsible, and done in a way to make our program look better. I'd relayed to my advisor the limitations of the data I'd collected, when I originally sent the data to my advisor. I repeated this to my advisor prior to the presentation, several times, with my advisor's agreement that the data was severly limited. However, the expectations of our stakeholders must have exceeded the potential embarrassment of not having this data. The interpretation of this data was misleading, and went on to misinform our funders and fellow academics at said conference. I have clear proof this data was misinterpreted, and could go to people higher up and make a strong case. I'm not really sure what to do here. I recently decided to leave my program this semester, but have yet to relay this decision on to my advisor. I'm wondering if it would be better to just leave gracefully. I'm considering transferring to another program in the university. However, part of me is quite angry about this and I feel my advisor should answer for this breach of intellectual honesty. Worse yet, my name was included on my advisor's presentation, and I don't want to be connected in any way to this. I'm considering transferring or moving on to another job, and then if my advisor attempts to publish this data, which would be a few years off, I'd raise objections then. To be frank, I have no idea what I should do and am feeling overwhelmed. I just found out about this today and did not see this coming. Does anyone have any suggestions or support? Thanks.
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