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A U.S. scientific journal has criticized the University of B.C. for secrecy after a 2014 investigation found 16 instances of scholarly misconduct involving a cancer researcher. The researcher, meanwhile, calls the UBC probe a “witch hunt.”

University correspondence obtained by the academic watchdog Retraction Watch suggested an investigation found 29 instances of misconduct related to research in Sandra Dunn’s lab. Sixteen infractions were deemed “serious,” some involving fabrication and falsification of data, according to a story published by Science Magazine.

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Dunn, in an interview Thursday with Postmedia News, defended her work and criticized UBC’s handling of the affair.

“The process itself was flawed,” said Dunn, now chief executive officer for Phoenix Molecular Designs, a Richmond research firm established in 2012.

Dunn said she would have preferred to deal with the allegations in a system “where you’re innocent until proven guilty, but not the other way around.”