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Research Integrity Office

 

 

   

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Victor M. Manjarrez, Jr., Ed.D.
Research Integrity Officer
Kelly Hall, 4th floor, North Wing
500 W University Ave
El Paso, TX 79968

  Office: 915-747-7812
  rio@utep.edu  
  vmmanjarrez@utep.edu

 

 

Who We Are

All employees and students at the University of Texas at El Paso have the responsibility to seek and promulgate the truth, ethically and honestly, in all phases of work. This responsibility governs the production and dissemination of research and creative activities, and it also includes applications for funding, reports to funding agencies, teaching, and the publication of teaching materials.

Research & Innovation, Research Protections unit is responsible for handling allegations of research misconduct made against faculty, staff, or students engaged in research activities.

Research Misconduct

All employees and students at the University of Texas at El Paso have the responsibility to seek and promulgate the truth, ethically and honestly, in all phases of work. This responsibility governs the production and dissemination of research and creative activities, and it also includes applications for funding, reports to funding agencies, teaching, and the publication of teaching materials.

Research & innovation, Research Protections unit is responsible for handling allegations of research misconduct made against faculty, staff, or students engaged in research activities.

Research misconduct does not involve honest error. In accordance with federal policy, research misconduct means fabrication, falsification or plagiarism in proposing, performing or reviewing research, or in the reporting of research results. The federal definitions of these terms are:

  • Fabrication: Making up data or results and recording or reporting them.
  • Falsification: Manipulating research materials, equipment or processes, or changing or omitting data and results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record. The research record is the record of data or results that embody the facts resulting from the research inquiry and includes, but is not limited to, research proposals, physical and electronic laboratory records, progress reports, abstracts, theses , oral presentations, internal reports, books, dissertations, and journal articles.
  • Plagiarism: The appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.

All reported allegations of research misconduct are handled in accordance with UTEP's Research integrity Policy. Additionally, allegations of research misconduct involving a Public Health Service funded research activity are handled in compliance with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Research Integrity (ORI) policy on research misconduct.    

Confidential Reporting of Concerns Related to Research Misconduct

Regardless of status, members of the UTEP community have the shared responsibility to report observed, suspected or apparent research misconduct. Allegations of research misconduct are to be directly reported to the research integrity officer (RIO). Dr. Victor M. Manjarrez, Jr. is UTEP's RIO and is available at rio@utep.edu (915) 747-7812, or in person at Kelly Hall, Room 416. In accordance with the strict confidentiality required for handling such allegations, no one else should be made aware of allegations outside of the RIO and/or Research Protections staff designated by the RIO to assist in such ases. All parties involved in the alleged research misconduct case must adhere to maintaining strict confidentiality throughout the process. The RIO will ensure all parties are presented with and sign a confidentiality agreement.

If an individual is unsure whether a suspected incident falls within the definition of research misconduct, he or she may meet with or contact the RIO to discuss the suspected research misconduct informally, which may include discussing it hypothetically.

Reports can be made in writing, telephonically or in person and may be made anonymously. Any individual making a report of research misconduct in good faith is protected against retaliation.