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The comments submitted in response to the 2022 Request for Information (RFI) on the 2005 Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct are now available.

ORI has awarded two grant awards for fiscal year 2023 in Ensuring Research Integrity - Conferences, IR-ORI-23-002. 

ORI found that Kotha Subbaramaiah, Ph.D., who was a Professor of Biochemistry Research in Medicine, Department of Medicine, WCMC, engaged in research misconduct in research supported by U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) funds, specifically National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), NIH, and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), NIH.

ORI found that Andrew Dannenberg, M.D., who was a Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, WCMC, engaged in research misconduct in research supported by U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) funds, specifically National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), NIH, and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), NIH.

ORI found that Ivana Frech, Ph.D. (formerly Ivana De Domenico), former Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, UU School of Medicine, engaged in research misconduct under 42 C.F.R. Part 93 in research supported by U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) funds, specifically National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), NIH.

ORI found that Surangi (Suranji) Jayawardena, Ph.D., who was an Assistant Professor of Chemistry, UAH, engaged in research misconduct in grant applications submitted for U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) funds, submitted to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH).

ORI’s Division of Education and Integrity will be hiring Health Scientist Administrators (Research Integrity Specialists) at the GS 11-13 level.

ORI released a grant opportunity forecast for Ensuring Research Integrity - Conferences.

ORI found that William M. Armstead, Ph.D., who was a Research Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, UPENN, engaged in research misconduct in research supported by U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) funds, specifically National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH. The research was included in grant applications for PHS funds submitted to NINDS, NIH, and to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), NIH.