Disgusting. It appears that the medical student was engaged in scientific inquiry that is quite appropriate (after all we study psychiatry in medicine and think that it is subject to the scientific method)
This is a state university as such it is subject to the constrains of the constitution (federal and state). It is pretty clear that the state school
Is an agent of the government. As such his first amendment rights are violated. There should be immediate injunctive relief in addition to the slander and libel civil causes of action.
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Sue them for enough cash to start your own med school.
UVA is not a “state school” & never has been since its founding by Thomas Jefferson.