Lack of Academic Credentials Relevant To HIV
Papadopulos-Eleopulos does not work in HIV research or with AIDS patients but has been incorrectly represented as a doctor. John P. Moore, an AIDS scientist and authority on AIDS denialism, noted in a presentation at the XVI International AIDS Conference that some AIDS denialists refer to Papadopulos-Eleopulos as a doctor and claim that she has been a professor of medical physics at Royal Perth Hospital, a government hospital in Perth, Western Australia. Papadopulos-Eleopulos has no academic appointment and does not hold a doctorate; her highest academic degree is a Bachelor of Science in nuclear physics from the University of Bucharest. Her duties at the Royal Perth Hospital are to test people for sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation. The Royal Perth Hospital has stated that it does not share the views of Papadopulos-Eleopulos. According to the hospital's executive director, Philip Montgomery:
Royal Perth Hospital does not support The Perth Group's views on HIV, and group members have been instructed that they will not use any hospital resources for work related to their private research. Furthermore, the staff have also been instructed that their private research should not be linked in any way to Royal Perth Hospital.
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