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Handling Misconduct - Case Summaries

This section contains summaries of closed inquiries and investigations. Institutions are not required to report inquiries to ORI if an investigation is not warranted unless the allegation had been forwarded to the institution by ORI. Closed investigations that found misconduct, or that imposed administrative actions without a misconduct finding, are reported in the first section.

The listing of summaries involving misconduct findings is limited to the current year and two previous years because administrative actions are typically imposed for three years. A list of all individuals currently under a PHS Administrative Action is available on the PHS Administrative Action Bulletin Board.  ORI does not maintain a listing of all persons against whom a finding of research misconduct has been made.

The second section contains summaries of all closed inquiries and investigations that did not result in findings of research misconduct since 1994. These summaries are sanitized to protect the privacy of the individuals involved.

Findings of Research Misconduct and Administrative Actions