Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 27.09.2001

Findings of Scientific Misconduct

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the Assistant Secretary for Health have taken final action in the following case: David D. Sanchez, Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (PHFE): Based on the report of an investigation conducted by PHFE and additional analysis conducted by ORI in its oversight review, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) found that Mr. Sanchez, former research assistant for PHFE's California Emerging Infections Program (CEIP), engaged in scientific misconduct in research supported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cooperative agreement U50 CCU915546-03. Specifically, PHS finds that Mr. Sanchez engaged in scientific misconduct by falsifying and fabricating data in interview questionnaires involving 21 cases and 27 controls for the "Campylobacter Ethnicity Case Control Study," which he submitted to the CEIP coordinator. As a result of his actions, none of Mr. Sanchez' research could be considered reliable and the research project was terminated. Mr. Sanchez also falsified and fabricated an additional 15 data records relating to PHFE's "E. coli O157 Case-Control Study," which he also submitted to the CEIP co