Short teaser text: David Wright is Director of the Office of Research Integrity (ORI).
Full text: David Wright joined the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) as Director in January 2012. Before that he had a long academic career at Michigan State University where, most recently, he served as Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Community Sustainability (previously CARRS) where he taught history of science and technology, and the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR). Earlier, Wright served for eleven years as the University Intellectual Integrity Officer and the Assistant Vice President for Research Ethics and Standards at MSU in which dual capacity he was responsible for most research regulatory compliance at the University. He also served for twelve years as the Chair of the University Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (UCRIHS).
In 2001 Wright became an 'Expert Consultant' to ORI, working with both the Division of Investigation Oversight and the Division of Education and Integrity, where he helped design and implement the RIO Boot Camp program. He previously served as program officer for the Humanities, Science, and Technology Program at the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dr. Wright studied humanities at Princeton (A.B.) and at MSU (Ph.D.).
Short teaser text: Jan Taplick is Deputy Director of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
Full text: Jan Taplick studied Biology at the University of Leipzig, Germany between 1990 and 1995. From 1995 to 1999, he undertook PhD studies in Biochemistry at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Vienna Biocenter, Austria.
In 2000, Jan undertook postdoctoral research at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel under the supervision of Professor Moshe Oren in the field of tumor suppressor genes. He did this until 2002, when he became Fellowship Programme Manager at European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in Heidelberg, Germany. His responsibilities at EMBO are the co-ordination of both Long-Term and Short-Term Fellowship Schemes, a continued evaluation of the Fellowship Programme, co-ordination of the Fellows Network and organisation of Fellows Meetings at EMBL Heidelberg and in the USA. In recent years, he was also involved in the evaluation of European national research programmes. In 2008, he was appointed Deputy Director of EMBO.
Short teaser text: Carthage Smith is Deputy Executive Director of the International Council for Science.
Full text: Carthage Smith is Deputy Executive Director of the International Council for Science (ICSU), which is an international non-governmental organization, whose membership includes national science bodies (130) and international scientific unions (30). ICSU's mission is to strengthen international science for the benefit of society. Carthage has been at ICSU since 2001. Prior to moving to ICSU, he was head of the International Section at the Medical Research Council in the UK. Originally trained as a biochemist, his PhD and research background are in Neuroscience.
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Short teaser text: Dr. Sun Ping is Secretariat of the Office of Research Integrity, Ministry of Science and Technology of China.
Full text: Dr. Sun Ping is currently engaging in the work of Secretariat of the Office of Research Integrity, Ministry of Science and Technology of China. His role includes conducting relevant researches, the administration of the MOST-ORI-sponsored projects, and the maintenance of a dedicated research integrity website in China. He worked at the Chinese Ministry of Education from 1984 to 2002, mainly engaging in international cooperation affairs.
Short teaser text: Trained as a biologist, Pascale Ouellet made graduate studies in neuroscience and molecular biology.
Full text: Trained as a biologist, Pascale Ouellet made graduate studies in neuroscience and molecular biology. She taught for 8 years at the Université de Montréal in the fields of physiopathology of psychotropic drugs, of cellular and molecular biology and of biotechnology. After a stay at the Conference of Rectors and Principals of Quebec Universities (CREPUQ) for the works of the University Programs Commission, she joined the team set up by the Quebec Minister of Research, Science and Technology in order to elaborate the Policy on Science and Innovation that was made public in 2001. Having subsequently worked in strategic planning in this ministry, she returned to UdeM in 2003 as the executive assistant to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science and, since 2007, is the executive assistant to the Vice-Rector, Research. She implemented in 2010 and currently oversees the Norms and Integrity Unit, regrouping a major part of the activities related to the responsible conduct of research: scientific probity, ethics of research involving humans, ethics in animal experimentation and controlled goods.
