[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5298-5299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2510]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Findings of Scientific Misconduct
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity
(ORI) has made a final finding of scientific misconduct in the
following case:
Ms. Janell Bodily, B.S., M.S.W., University of Utah: Based on the
report of an investigation conducted by the University of Utah and
information obtained by ORI during its oversight review, ORI finds that
Ms. Bodily, former interviewer, Health Education
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Department, College of Health, University of Utah, engaged in
scientific misconduct in research supported by a National Institute of
Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant.
Specifically, Ms. Bodily intentionally falsified patient signatures
and responses to questions for at least 75 patient interviews for an
NIMH-funded research project, ``Evaluation of the Utah Prepaid Mental
Health Plan,'' which involved indigent patients. The study required
annual interviews of the participating subjects. The falsified
information was damaging to the research project because researchers
had to expend substantial time and additional money to re-interview
patients. Because the data for the previous year could not be
recollected, the response rate for that year was substantially below
the response rate for other years of the study and may have reduced the
overall statistical reliability of the multi-year study.
None of the questioned data has been included in publications.
ORI has implemented the following administrative actions for the
three (3) year period beginning January 25, 1999:
(1) Ms. Bodily is prohibited from any contracting or subcontracting
with any agency of the United States Government and from eligibility
for, or involvement in nonprocurement transactions (e.g., grants and
cooperative agreements) of the United States Government as defined in
45 C.F.R. Part 76 (Debarment Regulations); and
(2) Ms. Bodily is prohibited from serving in any advisory capacity
to PHS, including but not limited to service on any PHS advisory
committee, board, and/or peer review committee, or as a consultant.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Acting Director, Division of Research
Investigations, Office of Research Integrity, 5515 Security Lane, Suite
700, Rockville, MD 20852, (301) 443-5330.
Chris B. Pascal,
Acting Director, Office of Research Integrity.
[FR Doc. 99-2510 Filed 2-2-99; 8:45 am]
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