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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:
Kala Retnam kretnam@usyd.edu.au on (02) 9036 9308
Alexis Pillsbury human.ethics@usyd.edu.au on (02) 9036 9309
Patricia Engelmann p.engelmann@usyd.edu.au on (02) 9036 7274

All complaints concerning human research should be addressed to Gail Briody, Senior Ethics Officer, Ethics Administration on (02) 9351 4811 or email gbriody@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 dates for the submission of applications in 2008 is 4.00 PM on the following dates. Each Committee will accept 40 applications for review:

Human Research Ethics Committee
MEETING DATES FOR 2008

MONTH

CLOSING DATE FOR
SUBMISSIONS

HREC COMMITTEE MEETING DATES
February
1 February 2008
19 February 2008
March
18 February 2008
4 March 2008
March
3 March 2008
18 March 2008
April
17 March 2008
1 April 2008
April
31 March 2008
15 April 2008
May
21 April 2008
6 May 2008
May
5 May 2008
20 May 2008
June
19 May 2008
3 June 2008
June
2 June 2008
17 June 2008
July
23 June 2008
8 July 2008
July
7 July 2008
22 July 2008
August
21 July 2008
5 August 2008
August
4 August 2008
19 August 2008
September
18 August 2008
2 September 2008
September
1 September 2008
16 September 2008
October
22 September 2008
7 October 2008
October
7 October 2008
21 October 2008
November
20 October 2008
4 November 2008
November
3 November 2008
18 November 2008
December
24 November 2008
9 December 2008

 
  • 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 3, ROOM 313
OLD TEACHERS' COLLEGE - A22
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY  2006