Report on Research Compliance 19 no. 6 (June, 2022)
- Auditors for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General (OIG) questioned $35,316 of costs claimed by the University of Idaho (UI) among $42.7...more
6/2/2022
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Report on Research Compliance 19 no. 6 (June, 2022) -
When Terry Magnuson resigned in April as research vice chancellor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill after admitting to three instances of...more
Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 5 (May, 2022) -
Nearly a decade after irregularities were first noticed in clinical trials that ultimately led to a misconduct finding and a guilty plea for embezzlement, the HHS...more
4/25/2022
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Criminal Prosecution ,
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Determination Letter ,
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Guilty Pleas ,
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Medical Research ,
National Science Foundation ,
Noncompliance ,
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) ,
OIG ,
Research Funding ,
Scientific Research ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 4 (April, 2022) -
A six-year review of the institutional review board (IRB) at National Jewish Health (NJH) of Denver has been resolved, with the organization outsourcing the...more
3/28/2022
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Foreign Students ,
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Institutional Review Board (IRB) ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) ,
OIG ,
Plea Agreements ,
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Tuition ,
Universities ,
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Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 3 (March, 2022) -
Government auditors know they have something of a thankless job. Their role is to be perhaps hypercritical: Was that computer bought near the end of the award really...more
Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 1 (January, 2022) -
Although a continuing resolution is now in place that funds the federal government through Feb. 18, committees are still working on bills that could contain...more
12/29/2021
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National Science Foundation ,
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Proposed Rules ,
Request For Information ,
Research Funding ,
Universities ,
Wire Fraud
Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 1 (January, 2022) -
During the second half of fiscal year 2021, which ended Sept. 30, the National Science Foundation (NSF) collected more than $2.5 million from six universities and...more
12/28/2021
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Federal Funding ,
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Medical Research ,
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Mismanagement ,
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OIG ,
Research Funding ,
Scientific Research ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 12 (December, 2021) -
A month after rumors circulated that President Biden planned to tap former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf to serve again, the...more
12/3/2021
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Reporting ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Medical Research ,
National Science Foundation ,
Noncompliance ,
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) ,
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) ,
OIG ,
Presidential Nominations ,
SACHRP ,
Scientific Research
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 12 (December, 2021) -
Washington State University’s (WSU) recent settlement with the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) for more than $800,000 followed a university-wide audit that...more
12/2/2021
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
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Fraud ,
Grants ,
OIG ,
Restitution ,
Salary Caps ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 11 (November, 2021) -
A professor in the University of Washington (UW) College of Engineering allegedly falsified award documents submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF)...more
11/1/2021
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
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False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Statements ,
Falsified Documents ,
Fraud ,
Guilty Pleas ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Medical Research ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
OMB ,
Probation ,
Professors ,
Research and Development ,
Research Funding ,
Restitution ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Tenure ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 10 (October, 2021) -
An audit by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) pre-award risk assessment process concluded that...more
9/28/2021
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Grants ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Health Care Providers ,
Indictments ,
Institutional Review Board (IRB) ,
IRS ,
Mail Fraud ,
Massachusetts Institutie of Technology (MIT) ,
Medical Records ,
Medical Research ,
Money Laundering ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) ,
OIG ,
Plea Agreements ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Research Funding ,
Restitution ,
Risk Assessment ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Third-Party Risk ,
Wire Fraud
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 10 (October, 2021) -
A University of Texas at Austin principal investigator (PI) who, in the words of the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General (OIG), “generally...more
9/27/2021
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FOIA ,
Internal Investigations ,
Misappropriation ,
Mismanagement ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
Professional Disciplinary Actions ,
Research Funding ,
Sanctions ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 9 (September, 2021) -
A former Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researcher who was the principal investigator on a 2014 NIH award of $939,495.27 and...more
8/30/2021
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China ,
Clinical Trials ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Draft Guidance ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Hackers ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Hospitals ,
Indictments ,
Malware ,
Medical Research ,
Medical School ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) ,
OIG ,
OMB ,
Phishing Scams ,
Public Comment ,
Research and Development ,
Research Funding ,
Scientific Research ,
Universities ,
Voluntary Disclosure
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 8 (August, 2021) -
“As a steward of the nation’s biomedical research enterprise, NIH is dedicated to ensuring that when data and biospecimens are shared, that it is done ethically and...more
7/26/2021
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Clinical Trials ,
Compliance ,
Consent ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal Funding ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
Research Funding ,
The Common Rule ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 7 (July 2021) -
In a review of more than 500 NIH awards, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that about one-fifth were funded “out of rank order,” and for more than a...more
6/28/2021
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Clinical Trials ,
Compliance ,
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Criminal Investigations ,
Data Rights ,
Data Sets ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Failure To Disclose ,
False Statements ,
FBI ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Funding ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Hospitals ,
Medical Records ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) ,
OIG ,
OMB ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Plea Agreements ,
Research and Development ,
Scientific Research ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 6 (June 2021) -
Clemson University is pushing back against recommendations by auditors for the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General (OIG) that it repay $276,440,...more
5/24/2021
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Criminal Conspiracy ,
Data Transfers ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FDA Warning Letters ,
Federal Grants ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Health Care Providers ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Hospitals ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
Noncompliance ,
OIG ,
OSTP ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Restitution ,
Scientific Research ,
Trade Secrets ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 6 (June 2021) -
Nearly four years after noticing spending “irregularities” by a principal investigator (PI), the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) entered into a settlement...more
5/21/2021
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
FCOI ,
Fringe Benefits ,
HRSA ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
OIG ,
Risk Assessment ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Settlement Agreements
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 5 (May 2021) -
Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, has relaunched the bipartisan Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus with new co-chair Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, who replaced...more
4/26/2021
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Biden Administration ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Failure to Report ,
False Statements ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Funding ,
J-1 Visas ,
Medical Research ,
Medical School ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
Physicians ,
Teaching Hospitals ,
Universities ,
Visa Fraud ,
Wire Fraud
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 4 (April 2021) -
A new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic found “intensified complications related...more
3/30/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
HRSA ,
JCORE ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Security ,
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) ,
OIG ,
Presidential Memorandum ,
Research Funding ,
Scientific Research ,
Universities
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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Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
False Statements ,
Guilty Pleas ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Hospitals ,
Investigations ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
Scientific Research ,
Universities ,
Wire Fraud
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 3 (March 2021) -
A principal investigator (PI) who was initially accused of one instance of plagiarism noted that he had similarly copied text into two other National Science...more
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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HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Medical Records ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
Physicians ,
Research Funding ,
Scientific Research ,
Wire Fraud
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 10 (September 24, 2020) -
Although full implementation is several years away, leaders of research institutions and organizations representing them are asking the Department of Defense...more
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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Audits ,
Compliance ,
Federal Grants ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
New Guidance ,
OIG ,
OMB ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Plagiarism ,
Professors ,
Retirement ,
Scientific Research ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
Trade Associations ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 8 (August 2020) -
Despite data falsifications that were severe enough to require four retractions or corrections and which led to his demotion at a university and a redo of...more
7/25/2020
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Compliance ,
Demotions ,
False Statements ,
Internal Investigations ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
Retracted Documents ,
Scientific Research ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
Universities