[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 236 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 71172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20927]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Findings of Research 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) and the Assistant Secretary for Health have taken final action in 
the following case:
    Nicholas McMaster, University of Chicago: Based on a College 
Discipline Hearing report and on additional analysis conducted by ORI 
in its oversight review, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) found 
that Mr. Nicholas McMaster, undergraduate student, Biological Sciences 
Collegiate Division in the Departments of Psychology and Comparative 
Human Development at the University of Chicago (UC), engaged in 
research misconduct supported by National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant P50 
ES12382 and National Institute on Aging (NIA), NIH, grant P01 AG018911.
    Specifically, PHS found that Mr. McMaster fabricated data in 
recording the score for the lordosis reflex and in recording the cell 
types present in vaginal epithelium from rats in two experimental 
psychology protocols.
    Mr. McMaster has entered into a Voluntary Exclusion Agreement in 
which he has voluntarily agreed, for a period of three (3) years, 
beginning on November 14, 2006:
    (1) To 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) that any institution which submits an application for PHS 
support for a research project on which Mr. McMaster's participation is 
proposed or which uses him in any capacity on PHS supported research, 
or that submits a report of PHS-funded research in which he is 
involved, must concurrently submit a plan for supervision of his duties 
to the funding agency for approval. The supervisory plan must be 
designed to ensure the scientific integrity of his research 
contribution. Mr. McMaster also agrees to ensure that the institution 
submits a copy of the supervisory plan to ORI. He further agrees that 
he will not participate in any PHS-supported research until such a 
supervisory plan is submitted to ORI.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Division of Investigative 
Oversight, Office of Research Integrity, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 
750, Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 453-8800.

Chris B. Pascal,
Director, Office of Research Integrity.
[FR Doc. E6-20927 Filed 12-7-06; 8:45 am]
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