DR. ALAN R. PRICE

 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

 

 

 

Dr. Price earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Florida State University in 1964, and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Minnesota in 1968, after which he was a postdoctoral fellow in Biochemistry through 1969 at Michigan State University.

 

In 1970, Dr. Price joined the faculty of the University of Michigan Medical School, where he then taught and did research, becoming Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry with tenure.  His research dealt with the enzymology of nucleotide and DNA synthesis in unusual bacterial viruses.

 

In 1978, Dr. Price added research administration to his duties, becoming Assistant Dean for Research in the Medical School.  In 1981, he was appointed Assistant Vice President for Research for the University of Michigan.

 

In 1987, Dr. Price decided to gain experience in Federal research administration, moving to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Maryland.  He was the Program Officer for genetics grants for the National Institute of Aging for one year.  Then he became the AIDS Unit Assurance Coordinator in the Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR), responsible for protection of human subjects in all Public Health Service (PHS) grants on AIDS research.

 

In 1990, Dr. Price became a Senior Scientist in the Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI) at the NIH, now the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) at the PHS.  He had responsibilities for supervising ORI scientific and professional staff, conducting investigations, approving institutional investigative reports, and developing national policies for PHS grants as they relate to research integrity.  He has presented many seminars and conducted educational workshops dealing with research misconduct and maintaining integrity in biomedical research.  He was promoted in 1991 to OSI Assistant Director.  When OSI became ORI in 1992, he served as Chief of the  Investigations Branch.  He was promoted in 1999 to Acting Director of the Division of Investigative Oversight, and in 2000 to Associate Director for Investigative Oversight of ORI.

 

Dr. Price was the chief biomedical research fraud investigator for the United States Government, until his retirement party in April 2006.  He established a consulting business in the Hill Country of Lago Vista, Texas, where he continues to consult on research misconduct issues as a business to advise counsels, individuals, and institutional officials on research misconduct cases.

 

                            Contact Dr. Price at:  resmisccons@researchmisconductconsultant.com

 

                            See:  Price Research Integrity Consultant Experts (P.R.I.C.E.).