FINDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT

NIH GUIDE, Volume 24, Number 28, August 4, 1995



P.T. 34



Keywords:

  Ethics/Values in Science & Technol 

  Grants Administration/Policy+ 



Department of Health and Human Services



Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI)

has made final findings of scientific misconduct in the following

case:



Jose R. Sotolongo, Jr., M.D., Mount Sinai Medical Center:  On July 3,

1995, ORI found that Jose R. Sotolongo, Jr., M.D., formerly of Mount

Sinai Medical Center in New York, committed scientific misconduct by

falsifying research involving guanabenz treatment of spinal cord

injured cats presented in a Public Health Service (PHS) grant

application.



Dr. Sotolongo has entered into a Voluntary Exclusion Agreement with

ORI in which he has accepted ORI's finding and has agreed to exclude

himself voluntarily, for the three year period beginning July 3,

1995, from:



(1) applying for or receiving any Federal grant or contract funds;

and,



(2) serving in any advisory capacity to the PHS, including but not

limited to, service on any PHS advisory committee, board, and/or peer

review committee, or as a consultant.



The above voluntary exclusion, however, shall not apply to Dr.

Sotolongo's future training or practice of clinical medicine as a

licensed practitioner unless that practice involves research or

research training.



No scientific publications were required to be corrected as part of

this Agreement.



INQUIRIES



For further information, contact:



Director

Division of Research Investigations

Office of Research Integrity

5515 Security Lane, Suite 700

Rockville, MD  20852

Telephone:  (301) 443-5330



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