Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 5 (May 2021) -
For the first time since 2012, the HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) issued an annual report, but for those used to previous updates or looking for useful details,...more
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 3 (March 2021) -
◆ A former post-doctoral fellow at the McGovern Medical School, part of the University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center, admitted to committing research misconduct...more
2/24/2021
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Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 2 (February 2021) -
A National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit of five Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) awards to the...more
1/26/2021
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Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 12 (December 2020) -
Finalizing a document issued last year, on Nov. 9 the Food and Drug Administration issued “Enhancing the Diversity of Clinical Trial Populations—Eligibility...more
11/25/2020
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Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 9 (August 20, 2020)
- The Office of Management and Budget has published guidance for agencies and recipients of federal awards and contracts, finalizing a document issued in February...more
8/24/2020
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Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 7 (July 2020) -
NIH has opened its “initial data set and tools” in its All of Us research program to investigators under a new beta model that does not allow downloading of...more
6/29/2020
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Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 6 (June 2020) -
A former assistant veterinary medicine professor at the University of Maryland will retract or correct seven papers published from 2013 to 2016 that contained reused or...more
5/26/2020
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Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 6 (June 2020) -
With the recent appointment of an HHS leader as its permanent director and a former Johns Hopkins misconduct official to another key post, the HHS Office of Research...more
5/22/2020
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Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 5 (May 2020)
- Cybercriminals are “sending malicious phishing emails that appear to be from trusted federal agencies,” such as HHS, in order to “steal sensitive data,” warned Michael...more
4/29/2020
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Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 4 (April 2020)
The Food and Drug Administration has accused a University of Michigan physician and professor of conducting research for more than three years after his approval from the...more
4/1/2020
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Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 2 (January 23, 2020) -
- More than two years after Ozgur Tataroglu’s paper was retracted, the HHS Office of Research Integrity found that it and two grant applications contained...more
1/29/2020
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Report on Research Compliance 16, no. 12 (December 2019) -
NIH is seeking comment on a proposed policy for data management and sharing, as well as two related guidance documents that together seek to “promote effective and...more
11/22/2019
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Report on Research Compliance 16, no. 12 (December 2019) -
An independent federal office should be established to address “substantiated claims of sexual misconduct,” investigators should disclose related findings against...more
11/21/2019
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