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Mu Yang has been the Director of the Mouse Neurobehavior Core at Columbia University Medical Center since 2016. She is also a “sleuth” whose reports have led to over 150 retractions since 2022. She had a lead role in the Eliezer Masliah case

Rachel L. Safer (she/her) is Executive Publisher, Ethics & Integrity at Oxford University Press and leads their Journals Ethics team. She joined the Press in 2011 and, since 2016, has also served as a Council Member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).  

It is time that we, as humanity, institute an accessible and equitable human-centric global healthcare ecosystem that focuses on the needs of the patients, and is nurtured by the passion and commitment of the healthcare workforce. My vision is AI-enabled simplified and accessible healthcare for ALL. I am a passionate researcher with a doctoral degree...

Lauren Kmec is the Deputy Executive Editor for the Science family of journals, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her primary responsibilities include editorial policy, financial management, and technology projects. She also oversees the copyediting of Science content and the administration of Science-sponsored awards for researchers. Lauren has 20 years of...

Sara Kate Heukerott is the Associate Director of Publications at the Association for Computing Machinery, where she oversees ACM’s journal program. She also plays a key role in ACM’s research integrity, publications policy, and strategy initiatives. Prior to joining ACM, Sara Kate worked for many years at Springer Nature, most recently as Executive Editor responsible...

Damian Bird is Publishing Director at CABI, overseeing the development and growth of the publishing programme in support of CABI’s mission to share knowledge to improve lives worldwide. This includes a particular emphasis on the use of evidence and data to increase impact in regions and markets that need it most. Damian has been at...

Tom Ramsden is the Director of Licensing Operations for Ovid and Rights & Permissions at Wolters Kluwer Health. He joined the Ovid division in October 2012 and expanded his responsibilities to include the Rights & Permissions team in 2014. Before this role, Tom managed the U.S. operations group at Infotrieve Inc., overseeing the U.S. document delivery...

Emma Waecker is the Director of Product Management for EBSCO eBooks. Emma has focused on the promise and challenges of providing e-books in libraries for more than 10 years. She’s dedicated to building products that meet library needs worldwide, with a commitment to creating experiences for patrons with diverse reading options for an inclusive learning experience.

Barbara Kline Pope is executive director of Johns Hopkins University Press, annually publishing 130 new books and 110 journals across the humanities, social sciences, life sciences, education, health and wellness, and public health. She is also responsible for Project MUSE, a leading aggregator hosting scholarly work from 400 publishers, 800 journals and 100,000 books, and...

Katherine Klosek is the Director of Information Policy and Federal Relations at the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). In this role, Klosek leads the Association’s information policy and advocacy portfolio, which includes accessibility, balanced copyright, and online speech. As the staff lead for ARL’s Advocacy and Public Policy Committee, Katherine works closely with ARL members to...