# Findings of Research Misconduct > Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary · Federal Register notice 2015-18794 · published 2015-07-31 ## Abstract Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has taken final action in the following case: David Anderson, University of Oregon, Eugene: Based on an assessment conducted by the University of Oregon, Eugene (UOE), the Respondent's admission, and analysis conducted by ORI, ORI and UOE found that Mr. David Anderson, Graduate Student, UOE, engaged in research misconduct in research supported by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grants R01 MH087214, R01 MH077105, and TA MH020002. ORI found that Respondent engaged in research misconduct by falsifying and/or fabricating data in the following four (4) publications: Journal of Neuroscience 31(3):1128-38, 2011 (hereafter referred to as "Paper 1"). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 39(3):824-835, 2012 (hereafter referred to as "Paper 2"). Attention, Perception and Psychophysics 74(5):891-910, 2012 (hereafter referred to as "Pa ## 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:** 2015-18794 - **Title:** Findings of Research Misconduct - **Publication date:** 2015-07-31 - **Issuing agency:** Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary ## Primary sources - Federal Register HTML notice: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/07/31/2015-18794/findings-of-research-misconduct - PDF: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-07-31/pdf/2015-18794.pdf - Raw text: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2015/07/31/2015-18794.txt ## Citation > Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary, "Findings of Research Misconduct", Federal Register notice 2015-18794, published 2015-07-31. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/research-misconduct/2015-18794. --- *[Research misconduct dataset](/datasets/research-misconduct) · CC0 1.0*