NSW Population and Health Services Research Ethics Committee
This committee has responsibility for ethical reviews of any research involving data and statistics held by NSW Health and the Institute.
Research projects reviewed by this committee may include:
- Population health research utilising data from the NSW Central
Cancer Registry, the NSW Pap Test Registry, BreastScreen Registry,
and other data and information collected, held and/or managed by
the Cancer Institute NSW.
- Population health research utilising data from the NSW Health
Inpatient Statistics Collection, the NSW Midwives Data Collection,
the NSW Emergency Department Data Collection, and other data and
information collected, held and/or managed by NSW Health.
- Research involving the linkage of a population health data
collection owned and/or managed by NSW Health or the Cancer
Institute NSW, with other data collections.
Submitting Proposals
Application forms are available via Online Forms, the national
system that enables users to complete their applications for
research electronically.
National Ethics
Application Form (NEAF)
For information on the required documentation for submissions to
the NSW Population & Health Services Research Ethics Committee,
please refer to the Submission Checklist. Please include a
copy of this checklist with your application.
Submission Checklist
- Applicants must email a copy of the submission checklist, the
application form and all support documentation to: ethics@cancerinstitute.org.au
- Please send in hard copy, one (1) copy of all documentation
(with original signatures), and eight (8) copies:
- Via Post:
Ethics Coordinator
Cancer Institute NSW
PO Box 41
Alexandria NSW 1435
- In Person:
Ethics Coordinator
Cancer Institute NSW
Australian Technology Park
Level 9, 8 Central Avenue
Eveleigh, NSW 2015
Please note: applications will not
progress to a committee review if a soft copy (via email) is not
provided with the required number of hard copies.
Uncollated documents will not be accepted.
2013 meeting dates
The NSW Population & Health Services Research Ethics
Committee meets on a monthly basis. Submission closing dates for
applications are 11 working days prior to the next meeting. This
allows for independent scientific review.
| Submission Closing
Date |
Agenda Out Date |
Meeting Date |
| Wednesday 30 January |
Wednesday 13 February |
Thursday 21 February |
| Wednesday 27 February |
Wednesday 13 March |
Thursday 21 March |
| Wednesday 27 March |
Wednesday 10 April |
Thursday 18 April |
| Wednesday 24 April |
Wednesday 8 May |
Thursday 16 May |
| Wednesday 29 May |
Wednesday 12 June |
Thursday 20 June |
| Wednesday 26 June |
Wednesday 10 July |
Thursday 18 July |
| Wednesday 31 July |
Wednesday 14 August |
Thursday 22 August |
| Wednesday 28 August |
Wednesday 11 September |
Thursday 19 September |
| Wednesday 25 September |
Wednesday 9 October |
Thursday 17 October |
| Wednesday 30 October |
Wednesday 13 November |
Thursday 21 November |
| Wednesday 27 November |
Wednesday 11 December |
Thursday 19 December |
Data governance
Proposals involving access to data held or managed by the either
the Cancer Institute NSW, including the Central Cancer Registry,
the Pap Test Registry, Breast Screen NSW, or the Cervical Screening
Program, or the NSW Department of Health must be reviewed by the
relevant Data Custodian before applying
to the Ethics Committee.
Researchers who wish to lodge a request for
data, should visit the NSW Central Cancer
Registry Data access page for details.
Data custodians are required to sign off on all
requests for data from registries owned or managed by NSW Health or
the Institute. The Data Custodian Sign Off form must be
included with the application form.
Data
Custodian Sign Off form
The Ethics Committee will not review research proposals unless
researchers have contacted the relevant data custodian, and an
assessment of data governance issues has been started. For further
information about this process, please refer to the Cancer
Institute NSW Data Governance policy.
While the Ethics Committee will determine the ethical
acceptability of such proposals, the authority to release data lies
with the data custodian of the particular data collection, and
Director-General of NSW Health or his/her delegate for individually
identified data.
Committee members
The current members of the NSW Population and Health Services
Research Ethics Committee include experts in research and clinical
care, lay members and religious representatives.
The NSW Population & Health Services Research Ethics
Committee has been constituted in accordance with the National
Health and Medical Research Council's National
Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007).
| Member |
NHMRC Category |
| Dr Sallie Pearson |
Chairperson |
| Ms Patricia Kenny |
Research Experience |
| Dr Alys Havard |
Research Experience |
| Dr Deborah Loxton |
Research Experience |
| Dr Lucy Burns (Deputy Chairperson) |
Research Experience |
| Dr Natasha Nassar (Deputy Chairperson) |
Research Experience |
| Prof Deborah Black |
Research Experience |
| Dr Timothy Dobbins |
Research Experience |
| Dr Ingrid Stacey |
Biostatistician |
| Ms Belinda Crawford |
Public health officer |
| Ms Beth Stickney |
Chief Health Officer Nominee |
| Ms Rachel Williams |
Lay Member
|
| Mr Raymond Tong |
Lay Member |
| Dr Emma Slaytor |
Legal Member |
| Mr Geoffrey Bloom |
Legal Member |
| Pastor Rachael Goth |
Religious Member |
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