All research projects involving humans which include...

• the use of questionnaires/surveys or interviews;
• access to medical or other personal records;
• investigations of human behaviour;
• routine testing of human subjects;
• the administration of drugs, ionising radiation, chemical agents or vaccines;
• any other experimentation on human beings;

undertaken by Staff, Honours, Masters, Doctorate and other Higher Degree and Diploma students must be submitted for the approval of the Human Research Ethics Committee. As a rule, undergraduate pre-honours projects may be approved by the Head of Department but, if there is any doubt, reference should be made to the Senior Ethics Officer.

If ethical approval is required for a project, an application form (Version 11) may be downloaded from the Forms and Guides page of this site. The form will allow researchers to be able to use the one form for studies involving the University of Sydney and all their teaching hospitals, University of New South Wales and all their teaching hospitals. If you have already received ethics approval from an Area Health Service Ethics Committee please refer to the section of this site titled Hospitals/CTN/CTX. Please note, the HREC does not give retrospective approval.

Any enquiries concerning human research should be addressed to the Ethics Office:
Marietta Coutinho mcoutinho@usyd.edu.au on (02) 8627 8176
Kala Retnam kretnam@usyd.edu.au on (02) 8627 8173
Portia Richmond p.richmond@usyd.edu.au on (02) 8627 8171
Patricia Engelmann p.engelmann@usyd.edu.au on (02) 8627 8172

Postal Address:
Human Ethics Administration
Level 6, Jane Foss Russell Building - G02
Darlington Campus
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
human.ethics@usyd.edu.au

All complaints concerning human research should be addressed to Marietta Coutinho, Deputy Manager, Human Ethics Administration on (02) 8627 8176 or email mcoutinho@usyd.edu.au. Members of the University are assured of their right to voice their concerns in relation to such ethical matters without jeopardising their employment.

The close-off date for the submission of applications in 2009 is 4.00 PM on the following dates. Each Committee will accept 40 applications for review:

• LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER 4.00 PM OF THE CLOSE-OFF DATE.
• APPLICATIONS (VERSION 11 ONLY) MUST BE TYPEWRITTEN OR WORD PROCESSED. HANDWRITTEN APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
• COPIES REQUIRED: 1 ORIGINAL (SINGLE-SIDED) APPLICATION INCLUDING ANY ATTACHMENTS UNSTAPLED and 14 COPIES (DOUBLE-SIDED) INCLUDING ANY ATTACHMENTS STAPLED AND COLLATED. SUBMIT TO:

THE HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEE LEVEL 6 JANE FOSS RUSSELL BUILDING - G02 THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY  2006