Reflections on chairing a human research ethics committee
Prof Colin Thomson AM Chairing an HREC can be complicated, demanding, stressful and tiring but also stimulating, rewarding, satisfying and
Interest in ‘self-plagiarism’
Mark Israel Mark Israel’s article in Research Ethics Monthly on ‘Self-plagiarism?’ has been receiving a little interest outside Australia and New Zealand.
Why do we need Category D appointments on HRECs and how should we find suitable people?
Judith C S Redman The compulsory presence of the Category D members on Australian Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) can
Institutional approaches to evaluative practice
Gary Allen, Mark Israel and Colin Thomson In 2001, the NHMRC published its policy document When does Quality Assurance in Health
We’re working with a talented animator
Gary Allen, Mark Israel, Colin Thomson We are pretty excited to be working with an animation company on a couple
Conducting research with (not on) consumers in health – exploring ethical considerations
Authors: Joan Carlini,1Â Kristen Ranse,2Â Noela Baglot,3 and Laurie Grealish2 1. Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Southport campus, Queensland. Email: J.Carlini@Griffith.edu.au. 2.
Sage Methods Minute. January Spotlight: Research Ethics
January’s Methods Minutes, a monthly newsletter produced by Sage Publishing, is a special issue focused on social research ethics. It reviews
Australia Day honours recognise contributions to human research ethics
We wish to add our congratulations to two recipients of honours on Australia Day who have made important contributions to
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The NHMRC, ARC and Universities Australia have had a busy 2018. Among other things,
Ethical use of visual social media content in research publications
At a research ethics workshop at the 2015 CSCW conference (Fiesler et al., 2015),
Regulation of human epigenetic editing: ensuring international frameworks for governing Human Genome Editing don’t impede vital medical research
In this thoughtful post, Nik Zeps reflects on human genome manipulation in medical research, the ethical guidance in Australia and internationally.
He discusses CRISPR and the furore in 2018 around the ‘genetically modified babies’ in China.
Nik then discusses the degree to which the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed discussions about human genetic manipulation off the media radar.
Nevertheless, there have been important international discussions about the topic, including a new WHO Framework. This topic was recently discussed in a paper by Zeps, Lysaght et al. 2021.
The situation might position the WHO as a major player in the international discussion about human genetic manipulation.
Expertise in ethics, research ethics or review?
In this terrific and thoughtful post, Colin Thomson AM, a Senior Adviser to AHRECS, reflects on what we mean when we talk about expertise i the context of Human Research Ethics Review.
Do we mean expertise in ethics, research ethics or ethics review or a combination?
Do they fit together seamlessly and easily or is there an incongruence?
He frames these matters, when talking about research ethics committee members and research ethics reviewers across ten important categories.
He then suggests ten tests that could be usefully applied to evaluate the quality of review feedback.
How your institution’s research ethics committee and its review feedback fare if judged against this criteria?
Is it time they had some professional development? Does the Committee’s standard operating procedures need to be updated?
This is a valuable read for research ethics committee Chairs, Secretaries and members.
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