Michael Farthing

Michael John Godfrey Farthing (born 1948) is British emeritus professor at the

From 1996 to 2002 he served as editor of Gut. It was during his time as editor that he came across the problem of research fraud. The problem of scientific misconduct led him, with other journal editors, lawyers and professor of ethics, to cofound a UK Committee on Publication Ethics, Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

In 2007, Farthing was appointed the seventh vice chancellor at University of Sussex, where he led plans for re-development.

Early life and education

Michael Farthing attended

He has also had numerous Government and national body roles. These include Co-ordinator (Gastroenterology) for the UK/Poland Health Agreement first from 1990 to 1992 and then from 1992 to 1994, and member for the Education Committee and Undergraduate Board of the General Medical Council, both from 2001 to 2008. As a member of the Education Committee of the General Medical Council, Farthing played a part in curriculum planning for the new Medical School established jointly by the Universities of Hull and York.^[4][10]

He was non-executive Director of the

From 1996 to 2002 he served as editor of Gut.^[11]

Committee on Publication Ethics

In 1997 he was appointed editor of Gut, International Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.^[12] It was during his time as editor that he came across the problem of research fraud.^[13] The problem of scientific misconduct led him, with other journal editors (including Richard Horton and Richard Smith), lawyers and professor of ethics Ian Kennedy, to establish a UK Committee on Publication Ethics, Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).^[12][14][15] In 2013 in Shanghai, he presented a paper on research misconduct: A grand global challenge for the 21st century.^[16] It was later published in the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2014).^[16]

University of Sussex

In 2007, Farthing was appointed the seventh vice chancellor at University of Sussex,^[5] where he led plans for re-development.^[17] It set out plans to grow its research income, double international student numbers and increase engagement with the business community.^[18]

He led the creation of partnerships with institutions in China.^[19] He oversaw the creation of 13 schools of studies (beginning in August 2009), including the Brighton and Sussex Medical School, which altered the scope for interdisciplinary communication and collaboration for which Sussex has been known.^[20] A regular column in the university's Bulletin used to set out his vision for the development of the university.^[21]

When in office, Farthing disbanded the linguistics department — a move condemned by

After working on and publicly speaking on Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical drawings, Farthing wrote Leonardo da Vinci: Under the Skin, with his brother, published in 2019.^[30] In the same year he was elected Master of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries.^[31]

Awards and honours

In 1987 he was awarded the Research Medal by the British Society of Gastroenterology.^[4]

He was secretary of the British Society of Gastroenterology from 1990 to 1994, chair of the Scientific Committee UEGF 2004–2009, and president of the British Society of Gastroenterology from 2007 to 2008.^[32] between 2014 and 2015^{[citation needed]} he was president of the United European Gastroenterology.^[33]

Other awards include the

His son is the actor Jack Farthing.^[34]

Selected publications

Books

• Farthing, M. J. G; Keusch, Gerald; Wakelin, Derek (1995). Enteric infection. Chapman & Hall Medical.
  OCLC 32893757
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• Farthing, M. J. G (2019). Finding India: a fifty year magical, medical odyssey. London: Unicorn.
  OCLC 1089479863
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• Farthing, M. J. G; Ballinger, Anne (2019). Drug Therapy for Gastrointestinal Disease. CRC Press LLC.
  OCLC 1104087881
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• Wells, Frank; Farthing, Michael (2019). Fraud and Misconduct in Biomedical Research, 4th edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
  ISBN 978-1-85315-786-8
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• Farthing, Stephen; Farthing, Michael J. G. (2019). Leonardo Da Vinci: Under the Skin. Royal Academy of Arts.
  ISBN 978-1-912520-09-1
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• Gorard, D. A.; Gomborone, J. E.; Libby, G. W.; Farthing, M. J. (1 October 1996). "Intestinal transit in anxiety and depression". Gut. 39 (4): 551–555.
  PMID 8944564
  . (Co-author)
• Farthing, M. J.; Keusch, G. T.; Carey, M. C. (1 November 1985). "Effects of bile and bile salts on growth and membrane lipid uptake by Giardia lamblia. Possible implications for pathogenesis of intestinal disease". The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 76 (5): 1727–1732.
  PMID 4056050
  . (Co-author)
• Farthing, M. J. (21 January 1995). "Irritable bowel, irritable body, or irritable brain?". BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.). 310 (6973): 171–175.
  PMID 7605430
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• Farthing, Michael JG (1 December 1998). "Coping with fraud". The Lancet. 352: S11.
  S2CID 54304102
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• "Mechanisms by Which Fluid Homeostasis is Disturbed in Disease: Fluid Loss From the Small Intestine" (PDF). 51. Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins: 133–153. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Farthing, Michael JG (August 2015). "Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654): London's first general practitioner?". Journal of Medical Biography. 23 (3): 152–158.
  S2CID 21102351
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