{"abstract":"Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has taken final action in the following case: Eric J. Smart, Ph.D., University of Kentucky: Based on the report of an investigation conducted by the University of Kentucky (UK) and additional analysis conducted by ORI in its oversight review, ORI found that Dr. Eric J. Smart, former Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology, Department of Pediatrics and Physiology, UK, engaged in research misconduct in research supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grants R01 HL062844, R01 HL058475, R01 HL064056, R01 HL068059, and R01 HL073693, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, grant R56 DK063025, and National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), NIH, grant P20 RR105592. ORI found that the Respondent engaged in research misconduct by falsifying and/or fabricating data that were included in ten (10) published papers, one (1) submitted manuscript, seven (7) grant applications, and three (3) progress reports over a period of ten (10) years. Respondent reported experimental data for knockout mice that did not exist in five (5) grant applications and three (3) progress reports and also falsified and/or fabricated images in 45 figures included in the following:","action":"Notice.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2012/11/20/2012-28209.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"77 FR 69627","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":null,"disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2012-28209","effective_on":null,"end_page":69628,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2012/11/20/2012-28209.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/11/20/2012-28209/findings-of-research-misconduct","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2012-28209?publication_date=2012-11-20","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2012-11-20/2012-28209/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":1267,"last_updated":"2026-09-21 16:15:06 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-11-20/pdf/2012-28209.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2012-28209.pdf?1353334807","publication_date":"2012-11-20","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2012/11/20/2012-28209.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2012-12-10T06:00:12Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":69627,"subtype":null,"title":"Findings of Research Misconduct","toc_doc":"Findings of Research Misconduct","toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":77}