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Case Summary - nicholas mcmaster
[Federal Register: December 8, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 236)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Findings of Research Misconduct
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity
(ORI) and the Assistant Secretary for Health have taken final action in
the following case:
Nicholas McMaster, University of Chicago: Based on a College
Discipline Hearing report and on additional analysis conducted by ORI
in its oversight review, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) found
that Mr. Nicholas McMaster, undergraduate student, Biological Sciences
Collegiate Division in the Departments of Psychology and Comparative
Human Development at the University of Chicago (UC), engaged in
research misconduct supported by National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant P50
ES12382 and National Institute on Aging (NIA), NIH, grant P01 AG018911.
Specifically, PHS found that Mr. McMaster fabricated data in
recording the score for the lordosis reflex and in recording the cell
types present in vaginal epithelium from rats in two experimental
psychology protocols.
Mr. McMaster has entered into a Voluntary Exclusion Agreement in
which he has voluntarily agreed, for a period of three (3) years,
beginning on November 14, 2006:
(1) To exclude himself 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
(2) that any institution which submits an application for PHS
support for a research project on which Mr. McMaster's participation is
proposed or which uses him in any capacity on PHS supported research,
or that submits a report of PHS-funded research in which he is
involved, must concurrently submit a plan for supervision of his duties
to the funding agency for approval. The supervisory plan must be
designed to ensure the scientific integrity of his research
contribution. Mr. McMaster also agrees to ensure that the institution
submits a copy of the supervisory plan to ORI. He further agrees that
he will not participate in any PHS-supported research until such a
supervisory plan is submitted to ORI.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Director
Division of Investigative Oversight
Office of Research Integrity
1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 750
Rockville, MD 20852
(240) 453-8800
Chris B. Pascal, Director
Office of Research Integrity.
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