2) Managing
research misconduct investigations Presenter: Kerry Rehn, University of Sydney, Australia
Not exact matches
A joint
investigation conducted by the State University of New York and the SUNY
Research Foundation «found fraud and
misconduct» by staff in a Buffalo State College graduate program, according to newly revealed correspondence between the campus president and the state inspector general obtained by The Alt through a Freedom of Information Law request.
A joint
investigation conducted by SUNY and the SUNY
Research Foundation «found fraud and
misconduct» by staff in a Buffalo State College graduate program, according to newly revealed correspondence between the campus president and the state inspector general obtained by The Alt.
► «The involvement of [online communities in discussions about suspect publications and possible
research misconduct] has made the standardization of processes to address allegations more complex and has led to less patience from the scientific community and the public with what are often long timelines in institutional
misconduct investigations,» Science journals Editor - in - Chief Marcia McNutt wrote in an editorial in this week's issue of Science.
Working under the vice president for
research, he oversaw programs for the responsible conduct of
research and assisted with
misconduct investigations.
The Office of
Research Integrity (ORI) provides oversight for investigations of misconduct in research conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Public Health
Research Integrity (ORI) provides oversight for
investigations of
misconduct in
research conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Public Health
research conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Public Health Service.
«Lacking any direct evidence of
research misconduct,... we are closing this
investigation with no further action.»
The National Science Foundation has closed its
investigation into Pennsylvania State University climatologist Michael Mann after finding no evidence of scientific
misconduct related to his
research.
The story got weird last week when we learned that Shunsuke Ishii, the chair of the RIKEN investigating committee that found Obokata guilty of
research misconduct, is also under
investigation for
research misconduct.
The company said it learned about «
misconduct at a contract
research organization (CRO) facility in Houston» from the FDA and that it cooperated with
investigations by the FDA and its European counterpart.
On Thursday Normile reported that RIKEN will conduct a new
misconduct investigation related to the
research reported in those papers.
The Boston Globe reports today that Harvard University cognitive scientist Marc Hauser, who is on leave after a university
investigation found evidence of
research misconduct in his lab, will not be allowed to teach at the university next year.
On 7 December, Uppsala University in Sweden released a long - awaited report by its Board for
Investigation of
Misconduct in
Research, which investigated a high - profile paper about the effects of microplastics on fish, published in Science in June 2016.
Hauser, who resigned from his Harvard faculty position in 2011 after an internal
investigation found him responsible for
research misconduct, wrote in a statement that although he has «fundamental differences» with some of the new report's findings, «I acknowledge that I made mistakes.»
TOKYO — RIKEN has decided against reopening an
investigation into two stem cell papers that concluded that the lead author, Haruko Obokata of RIKEN's Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, engaged in
research misconduct.
The investigating committee concluded that there had been «inappropriate handling of data» for two of the items under
investigation, but these were «not judged to constitute
research misconduct,» according to a RIKEN press release.
Shunsuke Ishii, the chair of the RIKEN investigating committee that recently found stem cell scientist Haruko Obokata (first author on the Nature papers reporting the STAP results) guilty of
research misconduct, is himself under
investigation for
research misconduct.
The panel «found substantial evidence that Kajstura may have committed
research misconduct acting alone,» according to the court document, and recommended a full
investigation of Anversa and Leri «on the theory that they negligently failed to investigate Kajstura's
misconduct.»
She is also assistant vice president for
research at CSU and directs the university's
research integrity office, which offers training in
research integrity and helps with
misconduct investigations.
The National Science Foundation, for instance, investigates
misconduct itself, whereas the Office of
Research Integrity in the Department of Health and Human Services can only provide oversight of universities»
investigations.
When the NSF - OIG completes an
investigation and writes a report, they make a recommendation to the NSF administration, but it's the deputy director who makes the decision whether to declare a «finding» of
research misconduct.
The types and development of institutional initiatives to handle
research misconduct, including consideration of legal issues, such as confidentiality during
investigations; and
Anil Potti, M.D., Duke University School of Medicine: Based on the reports of
investigations conducted by Duke University School of Medicine (Duke) and additional analysis conducted by ORI in its oversight review, ORI found that Dr. Anil Potti, former Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke, engaged in
research misconduct in
research supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant R01 HL072208 and National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, grants R01 CA136530, R01 CA131049, K12 CA100639, R01 CA106520, and U54 CA112952.
The full quote:» Three
investigations of the alleged scientific
misconduct of the Climate
Research Unit at the University of East Anglia — one by the UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, a second by the Scientific Assessment Panel of the Royal Society, chaired by Lord Oxburgh, and the latest by the Independent Climate Change E-mails Review, chaired by Sir Muir Russell — have confirmed what climate scientists have never seriously doubted: established scientists depend on their credibility and have no motivation in purposely misleading the public and their colleagues.
«Three
investigations of the alleged scientific
misconduct of the Climate
Research Unit... have confirmed... established scientists depend on their credibility and have no motivation in purposely misleading the public and their colleagues.
The view from Norway Presenter: Torkild Vinther, National Commission for the
Investigation of
Research Misconduct, Norway
Therefore, we initiated our own
investigation under the NSF
Research Misconduct Regulation.
Update on Macchiarini's
investigation Karolinska University Hospital, which investigated ethical
research misconduct by tissue engineering pioneer Paolo Macchiarini, has released report this week.
McIntyre's piece was nothing more than a deeply offensive attempt to smear an inquiry into unfounded, politically - motivated accusations of
research misconduct, by equating that inquiry /
investigation with a completely unrelated coverup of sexual abuse.
notify CRUK at the earliest opportunity of any allegations of
research misconduct connected in any way with the Grant or Grant Activities, as well as the progress and outcome of any ensuing
investigation into the
misconduct.
Current
investigations of
research experiments by a surgeon, Dr. Paolo Macciarini, are active for allegations of
misconduct at the Karolinska Institute, the most prominent medical
research center in Sweden.
An
investigation related to this
research has been conducted by the Expert Group for Misconduct in Research at the Swedish Central Ethical Review Board on behalf of Karolinska Ins
research has been conducted by the Expert Group for
Misconduct in
Research at the Swedish Central Ethical Review Board on behalf of Karolinska Ins
Research at the Swedish Central Ethical Review Board on behalf of Karolinska Institutet.
Just a few months ago, after almost 2 years of
investigations by institutions and governmental bodies, an expert panel in Japan finished their deliberations and issued a final verdict that Dr. Obokata was guilty of
research misconduct [3,4].
Complainant is the person who makes an allegation of
research misconduct or the person who cooperates with an inquiry or
investigation.
When the oversight organization concludes an
investigation with a determination of
research misconduct, the DOT Office of the Senior Procurement Executive may notify any other sources of
research that provide support to the respondent.
(6) Provide the respondent (the person against whom an allegation of
research misconduct has been made) with a reasonable opportunity (e.g., 30 calendar days) to review and respond to the
investigation report.
(i) When the DOT oversight organization concludes an
investigation with a determination of
research misconduct, the DOT Office of the Senior Procurement Executive may notify any other sources of
research that provide support to the respondent that a finding of
research misconduct has been made.
Respondent is the person against whom an allegation of
research misconduct has been made, or the person whose actions are the focus of the inquiry or
investigation.
Inquiry is preliminary information gathering and fact finding to determine if an allegation, or apparent instance of
research misconduct, warrants an
investigation.
The second and final phase of Penn State University's
investigation of allegations of
research misconduct against paleoclimatologist Michael Mann has just been completed.
Based on the findings of an
investigation by Columbia University (CU) and additional analysis conducted by the Office of
Research Integrity (ORI) during its oversight review, ORI found that Bengu Sezen, former graduate student, Department of Chemistry, CU, engaged in misconduct in science in research funded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant R01
Research Integrity (ORI) during its oversight review, ORI found that Bengu Sezen, former graduate student, Department of Chemistry, CU, engaged in
misconduct in science in
research funded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant R01
research funded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant R01 GM60326.
Again, there was no serious
investigation of prima facie case of
research misconduct.
The climate scientist Michael Mann, who has been under relentless attack from sceptics since the exposure of emails at East Anglia's Climatic
Research Unit, was cleared of research misconduct by a university investigation ye
Research Unit, was cleared of
research misconduct by a university investigation ye
research misconduct by a university
investigation yesterday.
Some useful facts: 1) The inquiry /
investigations at Penn State were handled in the normal way, under Hank Foley, VP
Research, the job often responsible for academic
misconduct investigations.
Therefore, we initiated our own
investigation under the NSF
Research Misconduct Regulation.
The foregoing procedure shall also be followed in the event that an investigatory Committee appointed in accordance with Section 5 hereof obtains information that any individual, other than the one initially under
investigation, has allegedly engaged in
research misconduct.
After studying the report of the
Investigation Committee assessing an allegation of data fabrication levied against you and upon further weighing the recommendation of the Vice President for
Research, I concur that there is no evidence whatsoever that you have committed data fabrication or any research misconduct with respect to this all
Research, I concur that there is no evidence whatsoever that you have committed data fabrication or any
research misconduct with respect to this all
research misconduct with respect to this allegation.
After careful review of the evidence and thoughtful deliberation, the
Investigation Committee finds no evidence of the alleged fabrication of results and nothing that rises to the level of
research misconduct having been committed by Dr Wang.
The University's
misconduct policies and the Office of
Research Integrity regulations preclude discussion of any information pertaining to this case with others who were not directly involved in the
investigation.
The Hospital informed the applicant researchers that an
investigation committee of three scientists would be investigating the allegations of
research misconduct.