Dr Lyn Horn

Lyn Horn is currently the Director of the Office of Research Integrity at the University of Cape Town (retiring end July 2025), South Africa and an Extraordinary [Honorary] Associate Professor in the Centre for Applied Ethics at Stellenbosch University.

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 for the last  twenty years and research integrity since 2011. 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 World Congress on Research Integrity 2022 and lead author of the Cape Town Statement on Fostering Research Integrity through Fairness, Equity and Diversity.