Office of the Secretary; Findings of Scientific Misconduct

摘要

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has made a final finding of scientific misconduct in the following case: Katrina Berezniak, M.A., University of Missouri--St. Louis: Based on a report forwarded to the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) by the University of Missouri--St. Louis, Ms. Berezniak's own admission, and information obtained by ORI during its oversight review, ORI finds that Ms. Berezniak, former Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri--St. Louis, engaged in scientific misconduct in clinical research supported by a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant. Specifically, ORI finds that Ms. Berezniak falsified scoring of taped interviews of nine subjects. The scoring was conducted to measure interviewer reliability in determining whether the subjects had post- traumatic stress disorder. The falsified data did not appear in any publications nor were they included in the study's database. Ms. Berezniak has accepted the ORI finding and has entered into a Voluntary Exclusion Agreement with ORI in which she has voluntarily agreed, for the two (2) year period beginning Septemb