[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 47390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22515]



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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:
    Alan L. Landay, Ph.D., Rush-Presbyterian--St. Luke's Medical 
Center: Based on an investigation conducted by the institution, ORI 
found that Alan L. Landay, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of 
Immunology/Microbiology, engaged in scientific misconduct involving two 
instances of plagiarism in publications related to two Public Health 
Service (PHS) grants.
    Dr. Landay has entered into a Voluntary Settlement Agreement with 
ORI in which he has accepted ORI's finding and, for the two (2) year 
period beginning August 8, 1995, has voluntarily agreed to:
    (1) 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) Certify in every PHS research application or report that all 
contributors to the application or report are properly cited or 
otherwise acknowledged. The certification by the Respondent must be 
endorsed by an institutional official. A copy of the endorsed 
certification is to be sent to ORI by the institution.
    ORI acknowledges that Dr. Landay cooperated with the institutional 
investigation and the ORI review, accepted responsibility for his 
actions, and appropriately corrected the scientific literature. The two 
published papers (Coon, J.S., Landay, A.L., & Weinstein, R.S. 
``Advances in flow cytometry for diagnostic pathology.'' Laboratory 
Investigations 57:453-479, 1987; and Landay, A., Hennings, C., Forman, 
M., & Raynor, R. ``Whole blood method for simultaneous detection of 
surface and cytoplasmic antigens by flow cytometry.'' Cytometry 14:433-
440, 1993) that contained plagiarized text have been corrected (Landay, 
A. Correspondence. Laboratory Investigations 70:134, 1994; and Landay, 
A., Jennings, C., Forman, M., & Raynor, R. Correction. Cytometry 
14:698, 1993).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Division of Research 
Investigations, Office of Research Integrity, 5515 Security Lane, Suite 
700, Rockville, MD 20852.
Lyle W. Bivens,
Director, Office of Research Integrity.
[FR Doc. 95-22515 Filed 9-11-95; 8:45 am]
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