# Findings of Research Misconduct > Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary · Federal Register notice 2013-02487 · published 2013-02-05 ## Abstract Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has taken final action in the following case: Bryan William Doreian, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University: Based on the admission of the Respondent, ORI found that Dr. Bryan William Doreian, former postdoctoral fellow, Department of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), engaged in research misconduct in research supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant T32 HL07887 and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), NIH, grant R01 NS052123. ORI found that the Respondent engaged in research misconduct by falsifying data that were included in: Doreian, B.W. "Molecular Regulation of the Exocytic Mode in Adrenal Chromaffin Cells." Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, August 2009; hereafter referred to as the "Dissertation." Doreian, B.W., Fulop, T.G., Me ## 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:** 2013-02487 - **Title:** Findings of Research Misconduct - **Publication date:** 2013-02-05 - **Issuing agency:** Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary ## Primary sources - Federal Register HTML notice: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/02/05/2013-02487/findings-of-research-misconduct - PDF: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-02-05/pdf/2013-02487.pdf - Raw text: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2013/02/05/2013-02487.txt ## Citation > Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary, "Findings of Research Misconduct", Federal Register notice 2013-02487, published 2013-02-05. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-18 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/research-misconduct/2013-02487. --- *[Research misconduct dataset](/datasets/research-misconduct) · CC0 1.0*