Findings of Research Misconduct Research misconduct

Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary · Federal Register notice 2011-19930 · 2011-08-05 · view notice on federalregister.gov ↗ · PDF ↗

Abstract

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has taken final action in the following case: Sheng Wang, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine Cancer Research Center: Based on the Respondent's acceptance of ORI's research misconduct findings, ORI found that Dr. Sheng Wang, who has been an Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine Cancer Research Center (BUSM), engaged in research misconduct in research supported by National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grants R01 CA102940 and R01 CA101992. ORI found that the Respondent engaged in research misconduct by fabricating data that were included in two (2) published papers:

What this is

A formal finding of research misconduct under 42 CFR part 93 (HHS) or equivalent agency policy. The respondent was found to have engaged in fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism of research data. The federal grant funds involved are typically identified in the FR notice, along with the administrative actions (debarment, supervised research, manuscript correction or retraction requirements).

Key facts

FR document
2011-19930
Publication date
2011-08-05
Issuing agency
Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary