WA Health Central Human Research Ethics Committee
The WA Health Central Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) is registered with the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC’s) Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC) to provide ethics review of research involving humans, their biospecimens and/or their information and is bound by state and national policies and legislation.
The WA Health Central HREC is charged with providing advice to both the WA Department of Health (the Department) and the wider WA Health System on matters of ethical conduct in human research. The WA Health Central HREC is also responsible for the ethical oversight of human research involving the use and linkage of information held by the Department.
The primary role of the WA Health Central HREC is to protect the welfare and rights of participants in human research projects conducted within the WA Health System and does so in accordance with the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2023.
Carer Experience: No experience required. One of the key membership categories of a HREC are community and consumer representatives who can bring a broader community perspective to deliberations.
Time requirements: At most, ~5 hours every four weeks. While the WA Health Central HREC holds ~70 meetings a year, any individual member will not be asked to attend more than 12. Members will be assigned to the number of meetings which best align with their schedule and availability. Meetings are held Wednesdays from 4:30pm and run from 1.5 to 2.5 hours depending on the number of applications for review. The committee does not meet in January.
189 Royal Street, East Perth or online via MS Teams.
Wednesdays, every 4 weeks
1.5 to 2.5 hours
Department of Health
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