HHS-OIG Correspondence (May 24, 2025) – Dr. Bradley Foerster and Dr. Myria Petrou Request Review of NIH Grant Investigation (R01 NS082304)
This document records a communication sent on May 24, 2025, to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), requesting review of the NIH R01 NS082304 grant investigation.
The correspondence follows prior communications and FOIA proceedings relating to complaint/case #5-17-0-0192-4, a medical billing complaint concerning the University of Michigan Department of Radiology.
See: HHS-OIG FOIA Responses Producing July 20, 2017 University of Michigan Medical Billing Complaint
It requests review of the HHS-OIG investigation and states that a complaint relating to medical billing, submitted under Dr. Myria Petrou’s name, was mishandled and subsequently expanded into an investigation of the NIH R01 NS082304 grant, rather than remaining limited to the underlying complaint.
The communication also references the participation of an individual identifying himself as an HHS-OIG Special Agent (“Tyson Howard”) in the March 2, 2018 FBI Ann Arbor interview, who has not been identified in subsequent records.
The correspondence describes the resulting impact and requests further review by HHS-OIG.
May 24, 2025 correspondence to HHS-OIG requesting review of NIH R01 NS082304 investigation.
No response to this communication is reflected in the record.
No records were identified.
The complaint remains.
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Brad Foerster, MD PhD
Brad Foerster is a FOIA advocate documenting requests, transparency disputes, and accountability investigations involving public agencies, universities, police oversight, and Russia-Gate related inquiries. His work compiles original documents, timelines, and analysis of public records and institutional responses. Brad is also a board-certified radiologist, author of Town & Gown, and has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles. Brad lives in Potomac, Maryland with his family and is active in the Montgomery County Medical Society and the Takoma Park U.S. & World History Book Club.