Former Columbia University Graduate Student Engaged in 21 Instances of Research Misconduct
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Former Columbia University Graduate Student Engaged in 21 Instances of Research Misconduct
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A former graduate student at Columbia University was found by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) during its oversight review to have engaged in misconduct in research funded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The ORI made 21 findings of scientific misconduct based on evidence that the student had knowingly and intentionally falsified and fabricated, and, in one instance, plagiarised, data reported in three papers and their doctoral thesis.