Findings of research misconduct have been made against Liping Zhang, Ph.D. (Respondent), former Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Baylor College of Medicine. Respondent engaged in research misconduct in research supported by U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) funds, specifically National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grants R37 DK037175 and P30 DK079638 and National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, grant P30 CA016672. Administrative actions, including debarment for a period of two (2) years, were implemented and are detailed below.
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).