Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has taken final action in the following case: Dr. Maria C.P. Geraedts, University of Maryland, Baltimore: Based on the report of an investigation conducted by the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and analysis conducted by ORI in its oversight review, ORI and UMB found that Dr. Maria C.P. Geraedts, former postdoctoral fellow, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, UMB, engaged in research misconduct in research supported by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant R01 DC010110. ORI found falsified and/or fabricated data included in the following two (2) publications: <bullet> Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 303:E464-E474, 2012 (hereafter referred to as "AJP 2012") <bullet> Journal of Neuroscience 33(17):7559-7564, 2013 (hereafter referred to as "JN 2013") As a result of the UMB investigation, JN 2013 and AJP 2012 have been retracted. ORI fo
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).