Legal Opinion

Frech v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided December 12, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2023-2530Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IVANA FRECH, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 23-cv-2530 (CRC) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION As a researcher at the University of Utah, Dr. Ivana Frech studied the molecular mechanisms of cellular iron regulation. But in 2011, the Office of Research Integrity (“ORI” or “the Office”), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS” or “the Department”), received allegations that she had manipulated the data underlying a series of research papers that she co-authored. ORI…

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