# Findings of Research Misconduct

> Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary · Federal Register notice 2014-12442 · published 2014-05-29



## Abstract

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has taken final action in the following case: Helen Freeman, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: Based on an investigation conducted by Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMS) and additional analysis conducted by ORI in its oversight review, ORI found that Dr. Helen Freeman, former HMS Postdoctoral Fellow at BIDMS, engaged in research misconduct in research supported by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant R37 DK053477. ORI found that the Respondent engaged in research misconduct by knowingly and intentionally falsifying three (3) figures and/or legends and one (1) supplemental movie legend in a manuscript submitted for publication to the journal Nature (Freeman, H.C., Kong, D., Sidman, R.L., & Lowell, B. "Inhibition of UCP2 Prevents Neurodegenerative Diseases in Mice.


## 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:** 2014-12442
- **Title:** Findings of Research Misconduct
- **Publication date:** 2014-05-29
- **Issuing agency:** Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary

## Primary sources

- Federal Register HTML notice: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/05/29/2014-12442/findings-of-research-misconduct
- PDF: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-05-29/pdf/2014-12442.pdf
- Raw text: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2014/05/29/2014-12442.txt

## Citation

> Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary, "Findings of Research Misconduct", Federal Register notice 2014-12442, published 2014-05-29. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/research-misconduct/2014-12442.

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