# Research misconduct finding: Erin N. Potts Kant

> Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary · Federal Register notice 2019-24291 · published 2019-11-07

## Respondent

**Erin N. Potts Kant** — former Clinical Research Coordinator — Duke University School of Medicine (Duke)



## Abstract

Findings of research misconduct have been made against Erin N. Potts Kant (Respondent), former Clinical Research Coordinator, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine (PMCCM), Duke University School of Medicine (Duke). Ms. Potts Kant engaged in research misconduct in research supported by U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) funds, specifically National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grants HL105702, HL005009, HL058795, HL036982, HL044984, HL062472, HL067021, HL067281, HL067669, HL068072, HL073896, HL077291, HL077763, HL079915, HL081285, HL081763, HL082504, HL084123, HL084917, HL085655, HL086887, HL087094, HL090146, HL090265, HL098099, HL091140, HL091335, HL091642-02, HL092994, HL073907, and HL111151; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, grants AI081672, AI089756, AI068822, AI056101, AI067798, AI074751, AI050021, AI058161, AI064789, and AI052201; National Institute on Environmental Health Scien


## 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:** 2019-24291
- **Title:** Findings of Research Misconduct
- **Publication date:** 2019-11-07
- **Respondent:** Erin N. Potts Kant
- **Title at time of misconduct:** former Clinical Research Coordinator
- **Institution:** Duke University School of Medicine (Duke)
- **Issuing agency:** Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary

## Primary sources

- Federal Register HTML notice: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/07/2019-24291/findings-of-research-misconduct
- PDF: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-11-07/pdf/2019-24291.pdf
- Raw text: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2019/11/07/2019-24291.txt

## Citation

> Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary, "Findings of Research Misconduct", Federal Register notice 2019-24291, published 2019-11-07. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/research-misconduct/2019-24291.

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