Skip to main content

Lex Bouter (Chair)

  • Name person: Lex Bouter
  • Function description: Emeritus Professor of Methodology and Integrity
  • Organisation: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Amsterdam University Medical Centers
  • Location - country: The Netherlands
  • Picture of person: Lex Bouter
  • Short teaser text: Lex Bouter is Professor Emeritus of Methodology and Integrity at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Amsterdam University Medical Centers.
  • Full text: Lex Bouter obtained a MSc degree in Medical Biology at Utrecht University and joined Maastricht University in 1984, where he was trained as an epidemiologist and obtained his PhD.  In 1988 he published a textbook on epidemiology, the seventh revised Dutch edition of which appeared in 2016 and the first English edition in 2018. In 1992, he took up a tenured position as Professor of Epidemiology in Amsterdam. From 2006 until 2013 he was Rector Magnificus of his university.Subsequently, Professor Bouter prepared for a return to science during a sabbatical leave. In 2014 his tenured professorship was broadened to Methodology and Integrity. He is currently involved in teaching and research regarding responsible conduct of research, questionable research practices and research misconduct. In 2017, Professor Bouter organized and Co-chaired the 5th World Conference on Research Integrity in Amsterdam, the 6th World Conference on Research Integrity in Hong Kong in 2019, the 7th World Conference on Research Integrity in Cape Town in 2022, and is chair of the World Conferences on Research Integrity Foundation.
  • External link: https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/lex-bouter
  • Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexbouter/?originalSubdomain=nl
  • Bio link: https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/lex-bouter
  • Youtube movie: https://youtu.be/PTP5Cd4-7YY

Lyn Horn

  • Name person: Lyn Horn
  • Function description: Head of Office of Research Integrity
  • Organisation: University of Cape Town
  • Location - country: Cape Town, South Africa
  • Picture of person: Lyn Horn
  • Short teaser text: Lyn Horn is currently the Director of the Office of Research Integrity at the University of Cape Town, South Africa and an Extraordinary [Honorary] Associate Professor in the Centre for Applied Ethics at Stellenbosch University.
  • Full text: She is a medical doctor with a PhD in Bioethics and worked as a clinician in the public health sector for the first twenty years of her career before transitioning to an academic work environment in 2004. She has been working in the fields of research ethics and integrity for the last almost twenty years and served as the Research Integrity Officer (RIO) at Stellenbosch University from 2011 to 2016. In her current role she is responsible for the institutional-wide promotion of responsible research practice, including RCR education and training. She was the South African Co-Chair for the 7th WCRI 2022.

Sabine Kleinert

  • Name person: Sabine Kleinert
  • Function description: Senior Executive Editor
  • Organisation: The Lancet
  • Location - country: London, UK
  • Picture of person:
  • Short teaser text: Dr. Sabine Kleinert studied Medicine in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the USA, and trained as a Paediatrician in the UK and Belgium. After further specialist training in Paediatric Cardiology at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
  • Full text: After she received research training at the Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, USA, she joined The Lancet as a full-time Medical Editor in 1998. In March 2002, she became Executive Editor, and in July 2006 Senior Executive Editor. She joined the Committee on Publication Ethics in 1999, was elected to Council in 2002, and served as Vice-Chair from 2006 to March 2012. She was a member of the planning committee of the first and second World Conference on Research Integrity (Lisbon 2007, Singapore 2010), co-chaired the planning committee for the third and fourth World Conference on Research Integrity (Montreal 2013, Rio 2015), a member of Steering Committee of the 2017 (Amsterdam) World Conference on Research Integrity, and co-chair of the seventh World Conference on Reserach Integrity (Cape Town 2022).