The American Diabetes Association is facing escalating internal protest over its handling of member removals from its June conference in New Orleans. Four editors of the organization’s flagship journal, Diabetes Care, have announced they will no longer review manuscript submissions as part of a boycott against the professional organization.
Steven Kahn, the editor-in-chief of Diabetes Care, was among five members expelled from the conference center for distributing copies of an editorial published in the journal addressing federal cuts to research funding. The other editors participating in the boycott are Cheryl Anderson of UC San Diego, John Buse of the University of North Carolina, and Elizabeth Selvin of Johns Hopkins.
The dispute centers on multiple concerns: the expulsions themselves, the initial response by ADA leadership to the removals, and a review process that extended through the summer examining the circumstances. An ADA spokesperson acknowledged awareness of the ongoing protest efforts but did not provide additional details about the organization’s position or any potential resolution to the conflict.
The boycott represents one of the more significant actions taken by members in response to the conference incident, with the participation of senior editorial figures from the organization’s primary publication suggesting the matter has generated considerable concern within the diabetes research and clinical communities.
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