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- Professor renowned for expunging fake research receives David Vaux Fellowship
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- Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 10 February 2025
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The Academy is delighted to announce Professor Jennifer Byrne from the University of Sydney and NSW Health Pathology as the 2025 recipient of the David Vaux Research Integrity Fellowship Award.
Professor Byrne has an international reputation for finding problematic research articles. She began this work accidentally after noticing strange patterns in published cancer papers. Since then, she has systematically addressed the problem of fake research by co-creating software to detect potentially faked papers; writing to journals requesting responses to papers with critical errors; mentoring students to research the issue; raising awareness of problematic research in the media; and regularly bringing together publishers and researchers to discuss the problems and potential solutions.
Her career has diverted from cancer research to research integrity. Professor Byrne heads the Publication and Research Integrity in Medical Research (PRIMeR) group at the University of Sydney.