[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 21524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10762]



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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:
    Denise R. Conrad, University of Iowa: The Division of Research 
Investigations (DRI) of the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) reviewed 
an investigation conducted by the University of Iowa into possible 
scientific misconduct on the part of Ms. Denise R. Conrad, formerly a 
Research Assistant in the Department of Preventive Medicine, College of 
Medicine. ORI found that Ms. Conrad committed scientific misconduct by 
fabricating or falsifying data on questionnaires in biomedical research 
supported by Public Health Service grant R01 ES05653, ``Residential 
Radon and Lung Cancer Case-Control Study.'' Ms. Conrad has accepted the 
ORI findings and agreed to a Voluntary Exclusion Agreement under which 
Ms. Conrad is not eligible to apply for or receive any Federal grant or 
contract funds for a three-year period beginning April 10, 1995. The 
fabricated or falsified data did not appear in any publication.

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. 95-10762 Filed 5-1-95; 8:45 am]
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