[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 147 (Friday, July 31, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45661-45662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18794]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Findings of Research Misconduct
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity
(ORI) has taken final action in the following case:
David Anderson, University of Oregon, Eugene: Based on an
assessment conducted by the University of Oregon, Eugene (UOE), the
Respondent's admission, and analysis conducted by ORI, ORI and UOE
found that Mr. David Anderson, Graduate Student, UOE, engaged in
research misconduct in research supported by National Institute of
Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grants R01
MH087214, R01 MH077105, and TA MH020002.
ORI found that Respondent engaged in research misconduct by
falsifying and/or fabricating data in the following four (4)
publications:
Journal of Neuroscience 31(3):1128-38, 2011 (hereafter
referred to as ``Paper 1'').
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and
Performance
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39(3):824-835, 2012 (hereafter referred to as ``Paper 2'').
Attention, Perception and Psychophysics 74(5):891-910,
2012 (hereafter referred to as ``Paper 3'').
Psychological Science 24(6):929-38, 2013 (hereafter
referred to as ``Paper 4'').
ORI found that Respondent knowingly falsified data by removing
outlier values or replacing outliers with mean values to produce
results that conform to predictions. Specifically, these falsifications
appear in:
1. Figures 4 and 8 in Paper 1.
2. Figures 3C, 3D, and 3E in Paper 2.
3. Figures 3B, 7C, 7D, and 8B in Paper 3.
4. Figures 3E and 3F in Paper 4.
Mr. Anderson has entered into a Voluntary Settlement Agreement and
has voluntarily agreed for a period of three (3) years, beginning on
June 23, 2015:
(1) To have his research supervised; Respondent agreed that prior
to the submission of an application for U.S. Public Health Service
(PHS) support for a research project on which his participation is
proposed and prior to his participation in any capacity on PHS-
supported research, Respondent shall ensure that a plan for supervision
of his duties is submitted to ORI for approval; the supervision plan
must be designed to ensure the scientific integrity of his research
contribution; Respondent agreed that he shall not participate in any
PHS-supported research until such a supervision plan is submitted to
and approved by ORI; Respondent agreed to maintain responsibility for
compliance with the agreed upon supervision plan;
(2) that any institution employing him shall submit in conjunction
with each application for PHS funds, or report, manuscript, or abstract
involving PHS-supported research in which Respondent is involved, a
certification to ORI that the data provided by Respondent are based on
actual experiments or are otherwise legitimately derived, and that the
data, procedures, and methodology are accurately reported in the
application, report, manuscript, or abstract;
(3) to exclude himself voluntarily from serving in any advisory
capacity to PHS including, but not limited to, service on any PHS
advisory committee, board, and/or peer review committee, or as a
consultant; and
(4) to assist UOE in advising publishers of the need to retract or
correct the following papers:
Journal of Neuroscience 31(3):1128-38, 2011.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and
Performance 39(3):824-835, 2012.
Attention, Perception and Psychophysics 74(5):891-910,
2012.
Psychological Science 24(6):929-38, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Acting Director, Office of Research
Integrity, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 750, Rockville, MD 20852, (240)
453-8200.
Donald Wright,
Acting Director, Office of Research Integrity.
[FR Doc. 2015-18794 Filed 7-30-15; 8:45 am]
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