Organisation: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
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Short teaser text: Edson Watanabe, PhD is Vice-Director of COPPE/UFRJ.
Full text: Edson Watanabe, PhD, Full Professor at the Electrical Engineering Program, COPPE. Dr. Watanabe is Vice-Director of COPPE/UFRJ. He has pioneered research integrity policies at COPPE/UFRJ, including those to tackle plagiarism in theses and dissertations. He has instituted a course, offered annually at COPPE, on scientific methodology combined with RI/RCR issues, which is open to non-COPPE participants. He has been active in discussing RI/RCR issues among COPPE’s faculty and has played a substantial role in promoting debates on the topic. Dr. Watanabe led the Commission that established COPPE´s recently released guidelines on research integrity. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and of the Sub-Committee on Research Integrity of CTEP/UFRJ. He was a member of the Organizing Committee of the II BRISPE and III BRISPE and one of the editors of the Joint Statement on Research Integrity.
Organisation: Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research, Canada
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Short teaser text: Susan Zimmerman is the Executive Director of the Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research in Ottawa.
Full text: Susan Zimmerman is the Executive Director of the Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research in Ottawa. SRCR is responsible for the implementation of the Tri-Agency Framework on Responsible Conduct of Research on behalf of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The Secretariat is also responsible for the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans. She is a lawyer whose career has focused on health law and public policy. A native of Montreal, Susan received her undergraduate degree from Bryn Mawr College, civil law and common law degrees from McGill University, and a Master of Laws from the University of Toronto. Her professional experience includes positions as a senior research associate at the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law at McGill University, Director of Legislation and Law Reform at the Canadian Bar Association, legal counsel at Health Canada and Director of Research for the Law Commission of Canada. Prior to her appointment to the Secretariat in September, 2007, Ms Zimmerman was a member of the Health Law Group at the Toronto office of a national law firm, where she represented health care institutions and a variety of health care professionals. Ms Zimmerman has also been a university lecturer in health law and ethics and a member of research ethics boards.
Function description: Member of the international research integrity community and Governing Board of the World Conference on Research Integrity Foundation
Organisation: Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research, Canada
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Short teaser text: Susan was a cherished member of the international research integrity community
Full text: We are deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and distinguished colleague Susan Zimmerman on the 7th February 2023. Susan was a cherished member of the international research integrity community and the Governing Board of the World Conference on Research Integrity Foundation. Susan was visionary. She was a formidable champion for the responsible conduct of research in Canada and globally. She forged new paths for ensuring the integrity of research and promoting responsible practice. Susan was instrumental in shaping our international conferences and initiatives since the World Conference on Research Integrity in Montreal in 2013. A glimpse of her contributions is captured in our Oral History Project. Susan was an advocate for trustworthy research and this made a difference. She shifted the focus from investigating research misconduct to addressing breaches of research integrity, which was a pioneering means of ensuring trust and excellence in research. Susan was insightful and articulate. She could gracefully cut through swirls of discussion to get to the essence of ideas and arguments, and had a gift for shedding light on complex questions from various angles. At the same time, she was warm, compassionate, and witty. Susan’s friends from the World Conference on Research Integrity community have loving memories of being with her. Strolling along Copa Cabana in Rio de Janeiro, enjoying dinner in London, sharing ideas in Hong Kong, spotting kangaroos in Canberra, riding along canals in Amsterdam. We will miss her dearly.
Short teaser text: Dr. Ren Yi is the Director, Higher Degrees Research Office at Macquarie University, Australia
Full text: Dr. Ren Yi is currently working as the Director, Higher Degrees Research Office at the Macquarie University, Australia. He has been working in the Higher Education Sector in Australia for more than 10 years, including positions at the University of Melbourne, The University of Queensland, Victoria University and the University of Southern Queensland. Ren is actively involved with the research management profession. He is currently President of the Australasian Research Management Society as well as executive member of the Queensland Chapter. He is also an active member of the International Network of Research Management Societies. He has also been appointed to different research management committees by the Australia Research Council and by Universities Australia.
In 2009, Ren was awarded the Australian Endeavour Executive Award by Deputy Prime Minister Hon Julia Gillard. In the same year he also won an Award for Excellence 2009 from the Australasian Research Management Society for embedding research administration in a regional university. He has extensive experience as a researcher. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Melbourne in economic geography and international business. He currently holds an Australia Research Council Linkage Gant. Dr. Yi is currently a reviewer for the Academy of International Business and Australian Research Council.
