FINDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT
RELEASE DATE: December 2, 2003
NOTICE: NOT-OD-04-011
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and
the Assistant Secretary for Health have taken final action in the
following case:
Khalilah Creek, University of Maryland, Baltimore: Based on the report
of an investigation conducted by the University of Maryland, Baltimore
(UMB Report), the respondent’s admission of responsibility, and
additional analysis conducted by ORI in its oversight review, the U.S.
Public Health Service (PHS) found that Khalilah Creek, former
contractual employee, Department of Pediatrics at UMB, engaged in
scientific misconduct in research supported by National Institute of
Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant 2 R01
MH54983, entitled Effectiveness of Standard versus Embellished HIV
Prevention.
Specifically, PHS found that Ms. Creek engaged in scientific misconduct
by fabricating interview records for the Focus on Teens HIV Risk
Prevention Program for eight interviews that had not been performed
over the periods of July and December 2000 and January, February, and
May through August 2001.
Ms. Creek has entered into a Voluntary Exclusion Agreement (Agreement )
in which she has voluntarily agreed for a period of three (3) years,
beginning on October 30, 2003:
(1) to exclude herself from serving in any advisory capacity to PHS
including but not limited to service on any PHS advisory committee,
board, and/or peer review committee, or as a consultant; and
(2) that her participation in any PHS-supported research will be
conditioned on an appropriate plan of supervision of her duties
(Supervision Plan) as follows: (i) any institution that submits an
application for PHS support for a research project in which Ms. Creek’s
participation is proposed or anticipated must concurrently submit a
Supervision Plan to the funding agency for approval; and (ii) any
institution using Ms. Creek in any capacity in PHS-supported research
must submit a Supervision Plan to the funding agency for approval. The
Supervision Plan must be designed to ensure the scientific integrity of
her research contribution. A copy of the Supervision Plan must also be
submitted to ORI by the institution. Ms. Creek agreed that she will
not participate in any PHS-supported research until the Supervision
Plan has been submitted to ORI.
INQUIRIES
For further information contact:
Director
Division of Investigative Oversight
Office of Research Integrity
1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 750
Rockville, MD 20852
Telephone: 301- 443-5330
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