The Federal Register

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; American Health Information Community

Fri, Nov 24 2006 11:00:00 GMT

This notice announces the twelfth meeting of the American Health Information Community Biosurveillance Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92463, 5 U.SD.C., App.).

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); Workshop: Children's Environmental Health: Past, Present

Fri, Nov 24 2006 11:00:00 GMT

On January 22-23, 2007, the NIEHS is hosting a workshop titled ``Children's Environmental Health Research: Past, Present, and Future.'' The goal of this workshop is to develop new strategies for research, exposure and effects monitoring, intervention and prevention in children's environmental health. Specific objectives are to maximize the effectiveness of scientific researchbasic science, exposure monitoring/biomonitoring, epidemiology, toxicology, clinical medicine and multidisciplinary studiesand to enhance the translation of research to the bedside, to the community and to public policy. This meeting is open to the public with attendance limited only by the space available. Time will be set aside for public discussion. Additional information about the workshop and online registration are available from the NIEHS Web site at http://www.apps.niehs.ni

Findings of Research Misconduct

Fri, Nov 24 2006 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the Assistant Secretary for Health have taken final action in the following case:

James C. Lin, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago: Based on the findings from an inquiry by the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and on additional analysis conducted by ORI during its oversight review, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) found that James C. Lin, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physiology, and Biophysics, UIC, engaged in research misconduct concerning National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant application 1 R01 NS4723801, ``BloodBrain Barrier Interactions of CellularPhone Radi.''

Specifically, PHS found that Dr. Lin committed research misconduct relative to the legend and related text for Figure 2 (data from a colleague on other experiments) for his NIH application 1 R01 NS47238 01, by falsely claiming the fi

Findings of Misconduct in Science

Fri, Nov 24 2006 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the Assistant Secretary for Health have taken final action in the following case:

Clifford R. Robinson, Ph.D., University of Delaware: Based on the reports of investigations conducted by 3Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (3DP) and the University of Delaware (UD) and additional analysis conducted by ORI during its oversight review, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) found that Clifford R. Robinson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UD, engaged in misconduct in science involving research supported by National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grants 1 R43 GM5895001 and 2 R44 GM5895002, ``Four helix bundle analog of a Gprotein coupled receptor (C. Robinson, Principal Investigator [P.I.]). The following grant applications also were involved in Dr. Robinson's misconduct in science:

1 R43 GM6270801, ``Improved method for protein refoldin