Professor Wendy Rogers makes ‘Nature’s 10’

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Nature – one of the most respected and recognised scientific journals in the world – has named Macquarie’s Professor Wendy Rogers as one of the “ten people that mattered  in science in 2019”.

The ‘Nature’s 10’ list, published in December, also includes climate activist Greta Thunberg and American physicist John Martinis, who last October led the first demonstration of a quantum computer that could outperform a conventional computer.

Professor Rogers – who also received NHMRC’s Ethics Award last March – was recognised by Nature for her ground-breaking investigation into the unethical use of human organs in research, which has so far led to more than two dozen retractions of research publications from China. Medscape nominated Professor Rogers as one of their physicians of the year for the same work – the only Australian (and the only woman) to appear on the list.

Professor Rogers says she is deeply honoured to receive the recognition from Nature.

“It’s very encouraging to see a journal of their stature engage with the threat to scientific integrity caused by publishing unethical research,” she says. “Their attention helps to promote the work of seeking retraction of the 445 papers that have been published using organs taken from executed Chinese prisoners. The research into the unethical papers was performed by an unfunded team of Macquarie staff including Dr Robyn Clay-Williams and Dr Brette Blakely, as well as community volunteers, and would not have been possible without their efforts.”

Thanks to the ongoing work of Professor Rogers and her team, journals worldwide are beginning to strengthen their reporting requirements to ensure that research papers involving transplants using organs from executed prisoners are not published.

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