Navigating the Research Ethics & Governance Processes

Research Office

• Amanda Jackson, Research Manager
• Brianna Attard, Research Support Officer
• Katherine Bolton, Research Governance Officer
• Sally Turbitt, Research Communications
• David Braunstein, Research Monitoring

Research and CCLHD

Director of Research

What is Research Governance

What Pathway?

• Non Research Activity- Audit, Case Report
• Quality Improvement
• Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) Exempt Low and Negligible Risk Research
• Research requiring ethical review - Human Research Ethics Application (HREA)

Internal review

• Non-Research Activities
• Quality Improvement
• Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) Exempt Low/Negligible Risk Research

Ethical Review

• Quality Improvement involving Ethical Issues
• Human Research Ethics Application (HREA)*

Two Step Process

Where to Apply?

Which Ethics Committee?

• National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) certified Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)

What are the Site Requirements?

• Access Requests (AR) - Access to Information or staff
• Site Specific Assessment (SSA) - Research being conducted at or by staff at a given site

What do you need before you Start?

• Protocol
• Questionnaires
• Information Sheets
• Study Documentation
• Study Personnel
• Sites where research will be undertaken
• A nominated ethics committee

Support Available

• CCLHD; Site Research Office, Biostatistician, Research Nurse Consultant (Nursing & Midwifery), Training & Education Sessions, Departmental In-service, One on One session, Research Mentor
• Ethics Committee Research Office
• REGIS - Quick Reference Guides
• REGIS - Technical Support Helpdesk

CCLHD-Research@health.nsw.gov.au

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