# Findings of Research Misconduct > Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary · Federal Register notice 2012-4366 · published 2012-02-27 ## Abstract Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has taken final action in the following case: Michael W. Miller, Ph.D., State University of New York, Upstate Medical University: Based on the report of an investigation conducted by the State University of New York, Upstate Medical University (SUNY UMU) and additional analysis conducted by ORI in its oversight review, ORI found that Dr. Michael W. Miller, former Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, SUNY UMU, engaged in research misconduct in research supported by National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grants R01 AA07568-18A1, R01 AA06916, and P50 AA017823-01. ORI finds that the Respondent engaged in research misconduct by falsifying and/or fabricating data that were included in grant applications R01 AA07568-18, R01 AA07568-18A1, R01 AA006916-25, and P50 AA017823-01 and in the following: Miller, M.W., Hu, H. "Lability of neuro ## What this is A formal finding of research misconduct under 42 CFR part 93 (HHS) or equivalent agency policy. The respondent — a researcher — was found to have engaged in fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism of research data. The federal grant funds involved are typically identified, along with the administrative actions (debarment, supervised research, manuscript correction or retraction requirements). ## Key facts - **Federal Register document:** 2012-4366 - **Title:** Findings of Research Misconduct - **Publication date:** 2012-02-27 - **Issuing agency:** Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary ## Primary sources - Federal Register HTML notice: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/02/27/2012-4366/findings-of-research-misconduct - PDF: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-02-27/pdf/2012-4366.pdf - Raw text: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2012/02/27/2012-4366.txt ## Citation > Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary, "Findings of Research Misconduct", Federal Register notice 2012-4366, published 2012-02-27. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-16 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/research-misconduct/2012-4366. --- *[Research misconduct dataset](/datasets/research-misconduct) · CC0 1.0*