Research Ethics Monthly
ISSN 2206-2483
Is it time to extend the required membership of research ethics committees?
September 23, 2020
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Dr Gary Allen It doesn’t seem so long ago that all that HRECs in Australia needed to do was consider
Reframing Indigenous consultation: engagement and risk management
September 16, 2020
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Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald and commentary by Mandy Downing As a member and then chair of both a
Embedding clinical research as part of routine healthcare: Managing the potential for competing interests. (UPDATED).
June 29, 2020
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Nik Zeps AHRECS Consultant Clinical trials are widely accepted as the best method for understanding whether any particular medical
A checklist to assist a supervisor to check a candidate’s research ethics review application
May 24, 2020
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“Regulations don’t solve things. Supervision solves things” Wilbur Ross 2015 Dr Gary Allen, Prof. Colin Thomson AM and Prof Mark
Why autism research needs more input from autistic people
April 27, 2020
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Elle Loughran Student, Trinity College Dublin Elle Loughran is a Laidlaw scholar studying genetics at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland
COVID 19, human research and human research ethics review
April 18, 2020
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Prof. Colin Thomson AM AHRECS Senior Consultant We at AHRECS, like all our friends, colleagues and clients, are becoming more
Can I use your answers anyway?
March 30, 2020
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Dr Gary Allen AHRECS Senior Consultant Many national frameworks for human research ethics, such as the National Statement (2007 updated
Towards a code of conduct for ethical post-disaster research
March 20, 2020
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JC Gaillard School of Environment, The University of Auckland, New Zealand Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South
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A new approach to the AHRECS site
October 26, 2020
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In response to community feedback, from 1 November 2020, only papers, books and genuine resources will be posted to the AHRECS Resource Library; news and announcements will be posted to the feeds page. Searches of the site can include searches of the feed. Links to Research Ethics Monthly editions will also be posted to the feeds page. Please bear with us as we move all existing news items over to the feed. Eventually, this approach will make it easier to distinguish between research outputs and news items about human research ethics and research integrity.
Our work around the world
October 22, 2020
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Close to the bottom of our revamped home page is a world map that tags the places we have been commissioned to conduct Human Research Ethics or Research Integrity work or where we have conducted philanthropic/academic/volunteer/unpaid work. Want to explore if we can do some work for you? Terrific! Drop us a line to [email protected] so we can discuss your ideas.
A poor call and two missed opportunities, but otherwise not a bad proposed revision to NS s5
October 20, 2020
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In this post, Gary, Mark and Kim refect on the draft update to Section 5 of the Australia’s National Statement.
“In recent years in Australia, we have seen some painful cases where research ethics review delegated to a non-HREC review body has failed to guard against projects that proved to be embarrassing for their host institution (see, for example, the ‘Racist bus driver’ and ‘Laughing at the disabled’ projects)….”
Hong Kong Principles
September 29, 2020
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The publication of the Hong Kong Principles comes at a time when there has never been more scrutiny of research. In this pandemic, the importance of science has been reinforced time and time again, but the importance of efforts to enhance reproducibility and transparency in research has also come to the fore. What the Hong Kong Principles do is provide a framework whereby research practices that strengthen integrity in research – a core component of reproducibility and trustworthiness – can be recognised, supported and rewarded.