[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2158]


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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 a final finding of scientific misconduct in the 
following case:
    Ms. Nellie Briggs-Brown, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical 
Center: Based on the report of an investigation conducted by Rush-
Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center dated December 3, 1997, ORI 
finds that Ms. Briggs Brown, former employee, Department of Neurology, 
engaged in scientific misconduct in clinical research supported by two 
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), 
National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants.
    Specifically, Ms. Briggs-Brown (1) falsified seven monthly 
screening logs for a NINDS funded study involving stroke victims 
(Randomized Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment) and 
submitted the same logs with altered dates on multiple occasions to the 
University of Iowa Coordinating Center; and (2) falsified several Human 
Investigation Committee research approval forms.
    None of the questioned data has been included in publications.
    ORI has implemented the following administrative actions for the 
three (3) year period beginning January 25, 1999:
    (1) Ms. Briggs-Brown is prohibited 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) Any institution that submits an application for PHS support for 
a research project on which Ms. Briggs-Brown's participation is 
proposed or which uses her in any capacity on PHS supported research, 
or that submits a report of PHS-funded research in which she is 
involved, must concurrently submit a plan for supervision of her duties 
to the funding agency for approval. The supervisory plan must be 
designed to ensure the scientific integrity of Ms. Briggs-Brown's 
research contribution. The institution also must submit a copy of the 
supervisory plan to ORI.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Acting Director, Division of Research 
Investigations, Office of Research Integrity, 5515 Security Lane, Suite 
700, Rockville, MD 20852, (301) 443-5330.
Chris B. Pascal,
Acting Director, Office of Research Integrity.
[FR Doc. 99-2158 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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