FL University Raises Alarm About “Professor” Ladapo

Politico reports:

Professors at the University of Florida had high hopes for Joseph Ladapo. But they quickly lost faith in him. In 2021, the university was fast-tracking him into a tenured professorship as part of his appointment as Florida’s surgeon general. They expected he would conduct research on internal medicine, as directed by his job letter. Instead, he edited science research manuscripts, gave a guest lecture for grad students and wrote a memoir about his vaccine skepticism.

Ladapo’s work at UF has generally escaped scrutiny. Yet interviews with more than two dozen current and former faculty members, state lawmakers and former agency heads, as well as reviews of internal university emails and reports, show that staff was worried that Ladapo had bypassed a crucial review process when he was rushed into his coveted tenured position and, moreover, was unsuited for the position.

Read the full article. There’s much more. If you’re new to the Ladapo saga, he first appeared here when he appeared at an anti-vax press event headed by a woman who claims that women get ovarian cysts by having sex with demons in their sleep. The research transcript mentioned above was edited to make COVID vaccines appear to be dangerous to young men.

Desantis’s Surgeon General received a coveted tenured professorship at UF w/no vetting and a $262,000 salary to add to his $250K salary as Surgeon Gen. He teaches no classes, doesn’t do research, and blows off the school when they ask him to do any work. https://t.co/BncfkkpPVy

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 27, 2023

‘This guy is a charlatan’: University of Florida turns against Joe Ladapo https://t.co/TMFOudhfVd

— #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) November 27, 2023