Vice-Chair

Biography

Sabine Kleinert studied medicine in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the USA, and trained as a paediatrician in the UK and Belgium. After further specialist training in paediatric cardiology at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, and research training at the Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, USA, she joined The Lancet as a full-time Medical Editor in 1998. In March 2002, she became Executive Editor, and in July 2006 Senior Executive Editor, managing the Senior Editors and administrative processes at the journal. She joined COPE in 1999, was elected to Council in 2002, and became Vice-Chair in 2006.

Competing interests statement

Sabine is The Lancet’s Senior Executive Editor and takes part in all decisions about the journal’s policies and processes. She oversees The Lancet’s peer-review processes and often makes the final decision on whether a paper is sent for peer review or not. Sabine also chairs the editorial meeting, in which decisions are made about acceptance or rejection of peer-reviewed papers, and other committee meetings when both the Editor and the Deputy Editor are absent. According to The Lancet's policy, Sabine only occasionally receives travel support from not-for-profit organisations. Sabine teaches at the Vienna School of Clinical Research, a not-for-profit postgraduate teaching institute, and is a member of its Educational Advisory Board.

Posted by Sabine Kleinert, COPE Vice-Chair on September 5^th 2008