# Findings of Research Misconduct > Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary · Federal Register notice 2022-16946 · published 2022-08-08 ## Abstract Findings of research misconduct have been made against Deepak Kaushal, Ph.D. (Respondent), Professor and Director, Southwest National Primate Research Center, Host Pathogen Interactions Program, Texas Biomedical Research Institute (TBRI). Respondent engaged in research misconduct in research supported by U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) funds, specifically National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grants U19 AI111211, R01 AI111943, R01 AI123047, R01 AI134240, K24 AI058609, and K24 AI114444, and Office of the Director, NIH, grants P51 OD011104 and P51 OD011133. The administrative actions, including supervision for a period of one (1) year, were implemented beginning on July 22, 2022, and are detailed below. ## 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:** 2022-16946 - **Title:** Findings of Research Misconduct - **Publication date:** 2022-08-08 - **Issuing agency:** Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary ## Primary sources - Federal Register HTML notice: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/08/2022-16946/findings-of-research-misconduct - PDF: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-08-08/pdf/2022-16946.pdf - Raw text: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2022/08/08/2022-16946.txt ## Citation > Health and Human Services Department / Office of the Secretary, "Findings of Research Misconduct", Federal Register notice 2022-16946, published 2022-08-08. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/research-misconduct/2022-16946. --- *[Research misconduct dataset](/datasets/research-misconduct) · CC0 1.0*