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New Misconduct Case: Couvertier, Norma
Ms. Norma Couvertier, a former research assistant at the APT Foundation, engaged in research misconduct by falsifying and fabricating data that were reported on Participant Urine Monitoring and Breathalyzer Result Forms (CRFs) completed by the Respondent for thirty two (32) of the enrolled study participants in the computer Based Training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT4CBT) research study.

New RCR Resource: Lab Management Video Vignettes
Video vignettes addressing the management of laboratories.

New Misconduct Case: Nagendra S. Ningaraj
Nagendra S. Ningaraj, PhD, former Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Cancer Biology, VUSM, engaged in scientific misconduct by falsifying MALDI-MS images and mass spectral tracings and associated text

New Misconduct Case: Jennifer Arriaga
ORI found that Ms. Arriaga knowingly and intentionally engaged in research misconduct by fabricating 17 interviews and falsifying 10 subject incentive receipts


PHS Administrative Action Bulletin Board (updated 11/03/09)

2009 Research Misconduct Findings
Nima Afshar, PhD, University of California, San Francisco Read more
Jennifer Arriaga, Universidad Central Del Caribe Read more
Juan Luis Contreras, MD, University of Alabama Birmingham Read more
Norma Couvertier, APT Foundation Read more
Zhong Bin Deng, PhD, Medical College of Georgia Read more
Robert Fogel, MD, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital Read more
M. Nguyen, MD, University of California Los Angeles Read more
Nagendra S. Ningarag, PhD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Read more
Kazuhiro Tanaka, MD, PhD, NIDCR/NIH Read more
Judith Thomas, PhD, University of Alabama Read more
Luk Van Parijs, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, California Institute of Technology, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Read more
Ryan M. Wolfort, MD, PhD, LSU Health Science Center - Shreveport Read more
Jennifer Wanchick, MetroHealth Systems Read more