Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) are an important component of all research involving humans in Australia and are the Australian equivalent of an Institutional Review Board (IRB) in the USA.
To ensure efficiency in undertaking and administering clinical trials in Australia, QCTN has established an independent HREC focussed on the needs of members and sponsors seeking to undertake trials in Australia.
The functions of this HREC are to:
- Consider the ethical implications of proposed human research with participants proposed by collaborating organisations and investigators and to advise these organisations and investigators of the ethical acceptability of these proposals;
- Monitor experiments involving human research to completion to ensure compliance with approved ethical standards;
- Maintain a register of experiments, in sufficient detail, to provide for adequate monitoring; and
- Establish and maintain communication with appropriate health and ethics committees.
Meeting Schedule
The following table summarises the meeting schedules. All meetings are held in the offices of QCTN. For urgent applications, please contact the CEO of QCTN.
| Deadline for submission of application |
SRDC Meeting |
Meeting Date |
| Friday 1 January 2010 |
Thursday 14 January 2010 |
Thursday 4 February 2010 |
| Thursday 28 January 2010 |
Thursday 18 February 2010 |
Thursday 4 March 2010 |
| Thursday 25 February 2010 |
Thursday 18 March 2010 |
Thursday 1 April 2010 |
| Thursday 1 April 2010 |
Thursday 22 April 2010 |
Thursday 6 May 2010 |
| Thursday 29 April 2010 |
Thursday 20 May 2010 |
Thursday 3 June 2010 |
| Thursday 27 May 2010 |
Thursday 27 June 2010 |
Thursday 1 July 2010 |
| Friday 2 July 2010 |
Thursday 15 July 2010 |
Thursday 5 August 2010
|
| Monday 2 August 2010 |
Thursday 19 August 2010 |
Thursday 2 September 2010 |
| Friday 1 September 2010 |
Thursday 16 September 2010 |
Thursday 7 October 2010 |
| Friday 20 September 2010 |
Thursday 14 October 2010 |
Thursday 4 November 2010 |
| Thursday 28 October 2010 |
Thursday 18 November 2010 |
Thursday 2 December 2010 |
Documents (please select the document you wish to download, and a QCTN staff member will email it to you)