Professor Lisa Bero

Professor Lisa Bero, Speaker, International Research Integrity Conference

Lisa Bero, Chief Scientist, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, Professor Medicine and Public Health, University of Colorado, is a leader in evidence synthesis and studying commercial determinants of health, focusing on tobacco control, pharmaceutical policy, nutrition, chemicals and public health.  She pioneered the utilization of internal industry documents and transparency databases to understand corporate tactics and motives for influencing research evidence. She is internationally known for her studies on the integrity of research evidence used to influence health policy.   She was Co-Chair, Cochrane Governing Board 2014-2018 and is Senior Editor, Research Integrity, Cochrane. At the University of Sydney, she founded the Evidence, Policy and Influence Collaborative at the Charles Perkins Centre.