Federal Register: December 19, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 242)
DOCID: FR Doc E5-7470
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health and Human Services Department
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Scientific misconduct findings; administrative actions:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Findings of Scientific Misconduct
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Notice is hereby given that on November 23, 2005, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Debarring Official, on behalf of the Secretary of HHS, issued a final notice of debarment based on the scientific misconduct findings of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) in the following case:
Jessica Lee Grol, University of Pittsburgh: Based on the report of
an investigation conducted by the University of Pittsburgh (UP) and
additional analysis conducted by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
in its oversight review, HHS found on October 17, 2005, that Ms. Grol,
former Research Project Coordinator, Department of Neurological Surgery, UP, engaged in
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scientific misconduct by fabricating study research records for 15
subjects, including the patient interview data, the forms tracking
data, and the medical record extraction data in a study on the
management of cerebral aneurysms. The research was supported by
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS),
National Institutes of Health (NIH), career development award K23 NS02159.
In a final decision dated November 23, 2005, the HHS Debarring
Official, on behalf of the Secretary of HHS, issued the final debarment
notice based on the PHS findings of scientific misconduct finding. The
following actions have been implemented for a period of three (3) years, beginning on November 23, 2005:
(1) Ms. Grol has been debarred from any contracting or
subcontracting with any agency of the United States Government and from
eligibility for or involvement in nonprocurement programs of the United
States Government as defined in the debarment regulations at 45 CFR part 76; and
(2) Ms. Grol 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.
SUMMARY:
Grol, Jessica Lee,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Acting Director, Division of Research
Investigations, Office of Research Integrity, 5515 Security Lane, Suite 700, Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 4538800.
Chris B. Pascal,
Acting Director, Office of Research Integrity.
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