Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 2.12.1996

Findings of Scientific Misconduct

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has made a final finding of scientific misconduct in the following case: Yi Li, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Based upon an investigation conducted by the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, information obtained by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) during its oversight review, and Mr. Li's own admission, ORI found that Yi Li, while a candidate for a Ph.D. degree in the Neuroscience Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, engaged in scientific misconduct by fabricating an experimental study and results for research represented in an abstract prepared for submission for presentation at a national meeting. The research was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH). The fabricated abstract and results addressed an electrophysiological study of the behavioral correlates for long-term potentiation in the motor cortex of the central nervous system of freely moving rats. Mr. Li has accepted the ORI finding and has entered into a Voluntary Exclusion Agreement with ORI in which he has voluntarily agreed, for the three (3) year