Gold Coast Health Research

Gold Coast Health Service District Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)

The Gold Coast Health Service District (GCHSD) Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) is constituted, and functions, in accordance with the NHMRC "National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007)"; and complies with the "Australian Code for Responsible Conduct of Research (2007)" and the Queensland Health Research Management Policy and Framework 2010.

The committtee is a nationally registered HREC; NHMRC code EC00160.

The GCHSD is certified as a single ethical review committee under HoMER and is therefore authorised to review multi-centred research proposals.

The committee:

Advises the GCHSD on ethical issues relating to research
Evaluates and approves suitable research proposals in line with NHMRC guidelines and Queensland Health policies and
Monitors and reviews approved research proposals