Sheila Garrity, JD, MPH, MBA
Director
Sheila Garrity is the Director for the Office of Research Integrity.
Before coming to ORI, Ms. Garrity served as Associate Vice President of Research Integrity at George Washington University (GW) from 2014 to 2023 where she oversaw operations of the Office of Laboratory and Radiation Safety, Office of Human Research, Office of Animal Research, Office of Research Integrity and Regulatory Affairs and served as the institutional Research Integrity Officer (RIO). At GW Garrity was responsible for policy development, informational sessions, and development of educational modules to assist investigators with understanding their ethical and fiduciary responsibilities regarding their research.
Prior to that, Ms. Garrity spent more than 20 years at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she served as the director of the Division of Research Integrity and Research Integrity Officer (RIO). She is a founding member and first president of the Association for Research Integrity Officers (ARIO, founded 2013). Ms. Garrity was in the first group of teaching RIOs when ORI launched its first series of RIO Bootcamps in the early 2000’s.
Ms. Garrity earned her JD from the University of Maryland School of Law and her MBA and MPH at Johns Hopkins.
Loc Nguyen-Khoa, MOT
Deputy Director
Loc Nguyen-Khoa serves as Deputy Director of the Office of Research Integrity.
He joined ORI in 2002, holding leadership roles in the development of training on handling research misconduct allegations and promoting the responsible conduct of research. During his tenure at ORI, he has served as an education specialist, health science administrator, contracting officer representative, and Acting Director of the Division of Education and Integrity. As the deputy director, he focuses on operational management, strategic planning, program development and evaluation, and outreach.
He earned a master’s degree in occupational therapy from Duquesne University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Kinbo J. Lee, PharmD, MHS, BCPS, CPH
Commander (CDR), United States Public Health Service
Division Director, Division of Education and Integrity
CDR Kinbo J. Lee is the Director of the Division of Education and Integrity at the Office of Research Integrity (ORI).
Before joining ORI, CDR Lee served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Health at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) from 2023 to 2025, providing executive support, coordinating policy development, and managing strategic initiatives. At OASH, he liaised with internal and external stakeholders and supported interagency coordination on major public health initiatives. Previously, CDR Lee held roles at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). At the FDA's Office of Generic Drugs, he was a Regulatory Health Project Manager, leading cross-disciplinary review teams, managing clinical, scientific, and regulatory data reviews, and ensuring FDA compliance. At the BOP, he served as a clinical pharmacist, performing complex patient care tasks, supervising supply requisitioning, providing drug therapy consultation, and establishing a pharmacy-managed diabetes clinic.
CDR Lee's early career includes research roles with the Cochrane Collaboration's Center for Eyes and Vision Research at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He also contributed to cutting-edge research in genomic biology and biotechnology through the sequencing and bioinformatics analyses at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Undergraduate Genomics Research Initiative.
CDR Lee earned his PharmD from the University of Maryland, MHS in General Epidemiology and Methodology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and BS in Biochemistry from UCLA. He is a Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) and Certified in Public Health (CPH).
