[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 146 (Monday, July 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39461-39462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19160]


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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:

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    Yahya Abdulahi, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University: Based on its 
review of a report from the institution and ORI's own analysis, ORI 
found that Yahya Abdulahi, former Research Scientist, Department of 
Biology, Clark Atlanta University, committed scientific misconduct by 
plagiarizing words and concepts from a publication in the Journal of 
Environmental Health and by misrepresenting data in sections of a 
Public Health Service (PHS) grant application.
    Specifically, Dr. Abdulahi's grant application contains extensive 
and significant plagiarism in the ``Description,'' ``Background and 
Significance,'' ``Experimental Design and Methods,'' and ``Literature 
Cited'' sections and contains plagiarism and misrepresentation of data 
in the ``Preliminary Studies'' section. Dr. Abdulahi's actions were 
serious in that (1) the plagiarism involved the use of extensive 
sections of a publication without attribution; (2) the materials, as 
plagiarized in the grant application, included misrepresented data; (3) 
the plagiarism included expropriation of the concept of the study in 
the publication; and (4) the plagiarism persisted throughout important 
portions of Dr. Abdulahi's grant application.
    Dr. Abdulahi has entered into a Voluntary Exclusion Agreement with 
ORI in which he has voluntarily agreed, for the three (3) year period 
beginning July 16, 1996, to exclude himself from:
    (1) Any 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 the Public Health Service 
(PHS), including but not limited to service on any PHS advisory 
committee, board, and/or peer review committee, or as a consultant.
    No 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, J.D.
Acting Director, Office of Research Integrity.
[FR Doc. 96-19160 Filed 7-26-96; 8:45 am]
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