# Findings of Research Misconduct > Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary · Federal Register notice 2013-26991 · published 2013-11-12 ## Abstract Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has taken final action in the following case: Hao Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Western University--Canada (formerly University of Western Ontario): Based on the report of an investigation conducted by Western University--Canada (WU) and ORI's subsequent oversight analysis, ORI found that Dr. Hao Wang, former Associate Professor of Surgery and Pathology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, WU, engaged in research misconduct in research supported by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), subaward 0016244 from Prime Award U01 AI074676 to the University of Pittsburgh. ORI found that Respondent engaged in research misconduct by falsifying data that were included in: An abstract and poster presentation for the 2011 American Transplant Congress--Abstract [1537.5]: Wang, H., Baroja, M., Lan, Z., Arp, J., Lin, W., Relmann, K., Garcia, B., Jevnikar, A., & Rothstei ## 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:** 2013-26991 - **Title:** Findings of Research Misconduct - **Publication date:** 2013-11-12 - **Issuing agency:** Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary ## Primary sources - Federal Register HTML notice: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/11/12/2013-26991/findings-of-research-misconduct - PDF: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-11-12/pdf/2013-26991.pdf - Raw text: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2013/11/12/2013-26991.txt ## Citation > Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary, "Findings of Research Misconduct", Federal Register notice 2013-26991, published 2013-11-12. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/research-misconduct/2013-26991. --- *[Research misconduct dataset](/datasets/research-misconduct) · CC0 1.0*