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 where she also received a certificate in Health and Human Rights.

Loc Nguyen-Khoa, MOT
Deputy Director

Loc Nguyen-Khoa serves as Deputy Director of the office. 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.

Karen Gorirossi
Program Support Manager

Karen Gorirossi serves as the DIO Program Support Manager. She joined ORI in 1992 as a writer-editor. Her field speciality is scientific writing and editing, and during her tenure at ORI, she has been responsible for writing/editing a wide variety of case-related and educational materials. As the Program Support Manager, she focuses on operational management and strategic planning for the program support team and providing procedural guidance and training to DIO staff. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Maryland College Park.