ORI Updates

On May 22, 2017, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Leslie Rogall granted summary judgment to ORI, upholding ORI’s findings of research misconduct and HHS’s proposed administrative actions against Respondent Frank Sauer, Ph.D.

ORI and the University of California - San Diego are co-sponsoring a training workshop for RCR instructors on September 12-13, 2017.  Contact Tracey Randolph (Tracey.Randolph@hhs.gov) if you are interested in this opportunity to attend.

ORI found that Respondent engaged in research misconduct by knowingly and intentionally: (1) fabricating the results of the T-maze behavioral experiment for control mice, (2) falsifying the laboratory and vivarium entry logs in an effort to cover up his actions, and (3) reporting the fabricated and falsified data to his laboratory supervisors.

Research Misconduct Finding: Frank Sauer, Ph.D.
ORI found that Dr. Frank Sauer committed research misconduct in research supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health.

ORI funded the Professionalism and Integrity in Research Program (PI Program), the only remediation program for researchers who violate expectations for the responsible conduct of research.

ORI found that falsified and/or fabricated data were included in eleven figures in PLoS One 11(10):e0164378, 2016.

Four awardees from ORI's FY2016 Research on Research Integrity Program will be presenting at the 5th World Conference on Research Integrity.  ORI congratulates these awardees for their ongoing accomplishments.

ORI is accepting abstracts for the 2017 Quest for Research Excellence Conference.  Deadline is June 9, 2017

The 2017 Quest for Research Excellence Conference will be held on August 7-9, 2017 at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

A fellowship opportunity is currently available in the Division of Education and Integrity. The objective of the Fellowship is to develop skills that will help the participant advance in their professional goals. Under the guidance of a mentor, the selected participant(s) will develop several skills for communications, project management, evaluations, and other skills that can be applied to a broad range of careers.