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Lex Bouter

  • 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. He was appointed as tenured Professor of Epidemiology in 1992 and served his university as its rector between 2006 and 2013. Professor Bouter has supervised 81 PhD students, of whom to date 17 were appointed as professor. He is the founding chair of the World Conferences on Research Integrity Foundation. 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: Deputy Editor
  • Organisation: The Lancet
  • Location - country: London, UK
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  • Short teaser text: Sabine Kleinert is Deputy Editor at The Lancet and Research Integrity and Risk Management Lead for The Lancet Group of journals.
  • Full text: Sabine Kleinert is Deputy Editor at The Lancet and Research Integrity and Risk Management Lead for The Lancet Group of journals. She is a member of the Leadership Team of The Lancet Group. She served as Vice-Chair of the Committee on Publication Ethics from 2006 to March 2012 and was involved in the Conferences on Research Integrity from their beginning in 2007. She was a member of the Governing Board of the World Conferences on Research Integrity Foundation until 2025 and was Co-Chair of the 3rd (Montreal, Canada, 2013), 4th (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2015) and 7th World Conference on Research Integrity (Cape Town, South Africa, 2022). Her background is qualification as a medical doctor in Germany and training as a Paediatrician and Paediatric Cardiologist in the UK, Belgium, Australia, and the USA.