Findings of Research Misconduct Research misconduct

Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary · Federal Register notice 2013-05301 · 2013-03-07 · 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: Adam C. Savine, Washington University in St. Louis: Based on the report from Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) and Respondent's admission, ORI found that Mr. Adam C. Savine, former doctoral student, Department of Psychology, WUSTL, engaged in research misconduct in research supported by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant R56 MH066078, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), NIH, grants F31 DA032152 and R21 DA027821, and National Institute on Aging (NIA), NIH, grant T32 AG00030. ORI found that the Respondent engaged in research misconduct by falsifying data that were included in the following three publications and six conference abstracts:

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
2013-05301
Publication date
2013-03-07
Issuing agency
Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary