Ron Iphofen FAcSS is internationally recognised for his expertise on research ethics, scientific integrity and helping maintain professional standards in research. He retired as Director of Postgraduate Studies in the School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University, Wales in 2008. Since then he has acted as an adviser to the European Commission (EC) and the European Research Council (ERC) on all their main Framework Research prgrammes. His consultancy work has covered a range of research agencies (in government and independent) globally. Ron was a musician in the 1960s in Liverpool, a mature student at the University of York, taught in adult education and in early 90s joined the Faculty of Health Sciences in the University of Wales, Bangor with a combined lecturing and research development brief.

His specialist interest is in the sociology of health and medicine and health communications which led to clinical work in hypnosis. His clinical practice was conducted from a GP practice and an alternative health centre for 12 years. This combined clinical and health research experience, together with educating health professionals, led to his concern for ethical research practice more generally. He now devotes his time to writing in this field, editing collections and advising research projects and agencies on good research practice.