# Findings of Research Misconduct > Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary · Federal Register notice 2013-00010 · published 2013-01-07 ## Abstract Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has taken final action in the following case: Paul J. Muchowski, Ph.D., The J. David Gladstone Institutes: Based on the report of an investigation conducted by The J. David Gladstone Institutes (Gladstone) and additional analysis conducted by ORI in its oversight review, ORI found that Dr. Paul J. Muchowski, former Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, Gladstone, engaged in research misconduct in research supported by National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant R01 NS054753-06A1. ORI found that the Respondent engaged in research misconduct by falsifying and fabricating data that was included in one (1) funded NIH grant R01 NS054753-06A1 and two (2) submitted NIH grant applications R01 NS054753-06 and R01 NS047237-06. Specifically, ORI finds that the Respondent knowingly and intentionally: Falsely reported research experim ## 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:** 2013-00010 - **Title:** Findings of Research Misconduct - **Publication date:** 2013-01-07 - **Issuing agency:** Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary ## Primary sources - Federal Register HTML notice: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/01/07/2013-00010/findings-of-research-misconduct - PDF: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-01-07/pdf/2013-00010.pdf - Raw text: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2013/01/07/2013-00010.txt ## Citation > Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary, "Findings of Research Misconduct", Federal Register notice 2013-00010, published 2013-01-07. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-16 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/research-misconduct/2013-00010. --- *[Research misconduct dataset](/datasets/research-misconduct) · CC0 1.0*