Dong-Pyou Han
Dong-Pyou Han, born in Seoul, South Korea, is a former assistant professor of biomedical sciences at Iowa State University who resigned his post there in October 2013.[1] In December 2013, it was revealed that he had added human blood components to rabbit blood to make it appear as though a vaccine he was working on had exhibited anti-HIV activity.[2] As a result of this apparent positive result, Han and his team received approximately $19 million in grant money from the National Institutes of Health.[3][4][5] After Han's fraud came to light, James Bradac, who oversees AIDS grants for the National Institutes of Health, called it "the worst case of research fraud he’d seen in his more than two decades at the agency," according to the New York Daily News.[6]
In June 2014, as a result of his receiving grant money due to falsified results, Han was indicted on four federal felony counts of making false statements.[7] Han pleaded guilty in federal court in February 2015.[8] On 1 July 2015 Han was sentenced to 57 months imprisonment for fabricating and falsifying data in HIV vaccine trials. He was also fined US$7.2 million and will be subject to three years of supervised release after he leaves prison.[9]
References
- ^ Associated Press (2 July 2015). "Disgraced Iowa State scientist who faked 'revolutionary' HIV vaccine research by using RABBIT blood is sentenced to four years in jail". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Han D, Habte H, Qin Y, Takamoto K, Labranche C, Montefiori D, Cho M. Retraction: eliciting broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1 that target gp41 MPER. Retrovirology. 2014 Feb 6;11(1):16.
- ^ Soltis, Andy (26 December 2013). "Professor admits faking AIDS vaccine to get $19M in grants". New York Post. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "ISU Researcher Dr. Dong-Pyou Han Resigns For Faking AIDS Research Worth Millions". Huffington Post. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ Findings of Research Misconduct
- ^ Lestch, Corinne (27 December 2013). "Iowa professor cops to faking results of big-bucks AIDS vaccine research". New York Daily News. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ Associated Press (19 June 2014). "Former ISU researcher indicted on charges of false statements". KCCI. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ Tony Leys (February 25, 2015). "Ex-ISU scientist pleads guilty of AIDS vaccine fraud". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ^ US vaccine researcher sentenced to prison for fraud