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Australasian Human Research Ethics Consultancy Services Pty Ltd (AHRECS)

Gary Allen

Managing director and senior consultant AHRECS

KIM GIFKINS

AHRECS Senior Consultant

MARK ISRAEL

Adjunct Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia, Australia

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Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald, Ngāi tūāhuriri, ngāi tahu

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AHRECS Consultant, First Degree Consulting

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AHRECS Consultant

MANDY DOWNING

AHRECS Consultant

SUSANNA GORMAN

AHRECS Consultant

Gordon McGurk

AHRECS Consultant

IAN PIEPER

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NIK ZEPS

AHRECS Consultant

COLIN THOMSON AM

Former Professor of Health Law and Ethics at the University of Wollongong

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Consultants

Gary Allen

Managing director and senior consultant AHRECS

KIM GIFKINS

AHRECS Senior Consultant

MARK ISRAEL

Adjunct Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia, Australia

LINDSEY TE ATA…

Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald, Ngāi tūāhuriri, ngāi tahu

SARAH BYRNE

AHRECS Consultant, First Degree Consulting

Erich von Dietze

AHRECS Consultant

MANDY DOWNING

AHRECS Consultant

SUSANNA GORMAN

AHRECS Consultant

Gordon McGurk

AHRECS Consultant

IAN PIEPER

AHRECS Consultant

NIK ZEPS

AHRECS Consultant

COLIN THOMSON AM

Former Professor of Health Law and Ethics at the University of Wollongong

KAREN L MARTIN

–

BARRY SMITH

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