[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19749-19750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9754]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Findings of Scientific 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 made final findings of scientific misconduct in the following 
case:
    James T. Kurtzman, M.D., University of California at San Francisco. 
An investigation conducted by the University found that Dr. Kurtzman, a 
former Resident/Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and 
Reproductive Sciences, falsified results of research on the kinetics of 
nitric oxide synthase in cells and homogenates of human myometrial 
tissue in pregnant women. Dr. Kurtzman admitted that he had altered 
data in eight experiments that he performed during December 1993 and 
January 1994. Dr. Kurtzman reported that he had conducted the enzyme 
assays and entered the data into a computer-based spreadsheet, but then 
changed the data to generate graphs that would reproduce the type of 
results that he had submitted earlier to the Journal of Clinical 
Investigation. The paper was not published. Dr. Kurtzman executed a 
Voluntary Exclusion and Settlement Agreement in which he has agreed not 
to apply for Federal grant or contract funds and will not serve on PHS 
advisory committees, boards or peer review groups for a three-year 
period beginning March 18, 1995. The voluntary exclusion, however, 
shall not apply to Dr. Kurtzman's future training or practice of 
clinical medicine whether as a resident, fellow, or licensed 
practitioner, as the case may be, unless that practice involves 
federally funded research or the direct receipt of an award for 
federally funded research training.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Director, Division of Research 
Investigations, Office of Research Integrity, 301-443-5330.
Lyle W. Bivens,
Director, Office of Research Integrity.
[FR Doc. 95-9754 Filed 4-19-95; 8:45 am]
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