# Findings of Research Misconduct > Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary · Federal Register notice 2013-08207 · published 2013-04-09 ## Abstract Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has taken final action in the following case: Andrew Aprikyan, Ph.D., University of Washington: Based on the report of an investigation conducted by the University of Washington (UW), the UW School of Medicine Dean's Decision, the Decision of the Hearing Panel at UW, and additional analysis conducted by ORI, ORI found by a preponderance of the evidence that Dr. Andrew Aprikyan, former Research Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology, UW, engaged in research misconduct in research supported by National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant CA89135 and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, grant DK18951, and applies to the following publications and grant applications: Blood pre-published online on January 16, 2003 ("NEM") Experimental Hematology 31:372-381, 2003 ("CMA") Blood 97:147-153, 2001 ("ISB") R01 CA89135- ## 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:** 2013-08207 - **Title:** Findings of Research Misconduct - **Publication date:** 2013-04-09 - **Issuing agency:** Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary ## Primary sources - Federal Register HTML notice: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/04/09/2013-08207/findings-of-research-misconduct - PDF: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-04-09/pdf/2013-08207.pdf - Raw text: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2013/04/09/2013-08207.txt ## Citation > Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary, "Findings of Research Misconduct", Federal Register notice 2013-08207, published 2013-04-09. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/research-misconduct/2013-08207. --- *[Research misconduct dataset](/datasets/research-misconduct) · CC0 1.0*