To: Professor Warwick Anderson AM
CEO
National Health and Medical Research Council
We note that Professor Simon Chapman received a Grant of $1,897,375 from the NHMRC in 2008, to “examine the content and accuracy of news treatments of health issues”. The description of the grant states that “news media are highly infuential in setting health agendas and shaping health policy”.
It would seem that Professor Chapman is aiming to be personally highly influential and, perhaps publicity seeking, by his own prolific use of many forms of media in which his florid comments seek to belittle, bully and vilify sick people who live on, or near to, industrial wind energy facilities and those professionals who are trying to help them.
His very vocal opinions, and OPINIONS are all that they are, regarding the health impacts of wind energy facilities seem unethical, unprofessional and not befitting of an impartial researcher who represents esteemed institutions such as the NHMRC and the University of Sydney.
His very public opinions are based on his personally selected literature reviews (much of this from wind energy developers) and not on rigorous, on-the-ground, face-to-face research. As he is not medically qualified to diagnose illness nor is he an acoustician, he should not use his postion as a Professor of Public Health to promote his personal agenda.
We urge you to closely scrutinise Professor Chapman’s conduct and to be aware of the very real harm he is causing many vulnerable and suffering Australians whom he ridicules and to whom he exhibits no compassion.
Anne S.
STOP THESE THINGS 
How did he get this funding? from the corrupt Gillard Government of course. Just another stuff up, why is tax payers money being used to go over studies and articles? shouldnt it be used to study ?
The fact that this money was paid to a unqualified individual says it all.
The wind industry lies, and then they pay the sleaziest individual they can find, to swear to it. This is an old wind industry trick, and only a moron would accept this garbage as legitimate. Real victims are the only way to do a real study.
How can the NHMRC – National HEALTH and MEDICAL Research Council provide such a huge amount of grant funding, to someone without any medical training? One question – was this funding over a number of years and is it still being funded? If so then Professor Chapman has a great deal to explain as to why he appears to be influencing results of his research.
And if his research is still being funded by this grant then it should be ‘frozen’ and a full investigation into the ethics of his research methods should be immediately commenced by the NHMRC, this investigation should also include whether the University of Sydney has been responsible in its supervision of funding.
Research funding from the National HEALTH and MEDICAL Research Council should be restricted to those sciences which search for answers to human health problems and how to alleviate them, NOT to Sociological THEORY. How much good could have come from this amount of funding if provided to HEALTH and MEDICAL research?
“Funding” is just a fancy word for payoff!