Karen Wallace

Karen Wallace is the Executive Director for the Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research in Ottawa. The Secretariat is responsible for the implementation of the Tri-Agency Framework: Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR Framework) and the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS) on behalf of the three federal research funding Agencies (the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)).

Karen has been working in the area of responsible conduct of research and research integrity for more than 20 years. She speaks nationally and internationally about the Agencies’ approach to promoting and fostering a culture of ethical and responsible research. Karen has also served on Research Ethics Boards.