[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9387]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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:
    Danya J. Vardi, Harvard Medical School: Based on an investigation 
conducted by the institution as well as information obtained by ORI 
during its oversight review, ORI found that Danya J. Vardi, former 
Harvard Medical School Research Associate in Psychology in the 
Department of Psychiatry at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center and 
former part-time Research Assistant at the Cambridge Hospital, 
committed scientific misconduct. ORI found that Ms. Vardi fabricated 
subject responses regarding recall and recognition of words having an 
emotional valence in research supported by a Public Health Service 
(PHS) grant entitled ``Psychophysiologic study of child abuse imagery 
in adults'' at the Manchester, New Hampshire VA Research Center.
    Ms. Vardi has entered into a Voluntary Exclusion Agreement with ORI 
in which she has agreed to exclude herself voluntarily, for the three 
(3) year period beginning March 28, 1996, from:
    (1) contracting or subcontracting with any agency of the United 
States Government and from eligibility for, or involvement in, 
nonprocurement transactions (e.g., grants and cooperative agreements) 
of the United States Government, as defined in 45 CFR Part 76 
(Debarment Regulations); and
    (2) 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.
    The above voluntary exclusion, however, shall not apply to Ms. 
Vardi's future clinical training or practice whether as a student, 
resident, fellow, or licensed practitioner, as the case may be, unless 
that practice involves research or research training.
    No scientific publications were required to be corrected as part of 
this Agreement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Director, Division of Research Investigations, Office of Research 
Integrity, 5515 Security Lane, Suite 700, Rockville, MD 20852.
Chris B. Pascal,
Acting Director, Office of Research Integrity.
[FR Doc. 96-9387 Filed 4-16-96; 8:45 am]
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