Ruling brings cash windfall in US fraud case

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Epidemiologist Pamela A. Berge won a case against three pediatricians and a junior researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham who claimed her work as their own to obtain federal grants from the National Institutes of Health. US District Judge Edward S. Northrop ordered the university to pay $1,162,000 to the US government and $498,000 to Berge for a total of $1.66 million. The scientists will also pay Berge an additional $265,000 for misappropriating her work, while the University of Alabama will also pay a $10,000 fine and Berge's legal costs. The convicted scientists are expected to make an appeal on the verdict.

Epidemiologists, University of Alaska, Berge, Pamela A.

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'Misconduct' dispute raises fears of litigation

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A research misconduct dispute between Houston, TX-based Baylor College of Medicine and neurobiologist Kimon J. Angelides has raised the issue of immunity from suit enjoyed by universities conducting investigations. Angelides, denying Baylor's finding that he had fabricated scientific data, accused Baylor of wrongful termination, breach of contract and defamation. The college, however, argued that it enjoys immunity from suit because it acted in the interest of the National Institutes of Health.

Universities and colleges, Investigations, Privileges and immunities, Angelides, Kimon J., Baylor University. College of Medicine

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Heat rises over UCSD 'misconduct' charge

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The US Dept. of Justice has taken over a federal lawsuit against a scientist at the University of California at San Diego. Researcher Maurizio Zanetti has been accused by another researcher, Paolo del Guercio, of fabricating research results to get between $1.8 million and $4.8 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health. Moreover, Zanetti has been charged of violating university policies on the use of animals in research, human experiments and biosafety standards.

Scientists, Zanetti, Maurizio, Guercio, Paolo del

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