Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 18/09/1997

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: Christopher Leonhard, Dartmouth College: Based upon an investigation conducted by Dartmouth College, information obtained by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) during its oversight review, and Mr. Leonhard's own admission, ORI found that Mr. Leonhard, a former graduate student in the Department of Psychology, Dartmouth College, engaged in scientific misconduct arising out of certain biomedical research supported by two grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Specifically, Mr. Leonhard (1) fabricated experimental records and falsely represented them to his supervisor as being results obtained from multiple electrophysiological screening sessions conducted on eight animals; and (2) fabricated two surgical records as evidence of experimental preparations (implantation of indwelling electrodes) on two animals, which in fact had not been done. The experimental records did not appear in any publications. Mr. Leonhard has accepted the ORI finding and has entered into a Voluntary Exclusion Ag