Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 10.12.2001

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: Momiao Xiong, Ph.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: On November 26, 2001, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) entered into a Voluntary Exclusion Agreement with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSCH) and Momiao Xiong, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor at UTHSCH. Based on the report of an inquiry conducted by UTHSCH, and any related actions and findings by UTHSCH, as well as additional analysis conducted by ORI in its oversight review, PHS found that Dr. Xiong engaged in scientific misconduct by plagiarizing and fabricating data in National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant application R01 GM64353-01, "Genetics of Human Pigmentation and Skin Response" (Pigmentation Application), on which he was a co-investigator. The plagiarized and fabricated data were essential to the scientific validity of the proposed research and were important for NIH's scientific evaluation of the Pigmentation Application. Dr. Xiong has admitted his actio