Ethics & Governance Contacts

Chief Executive: Kylie Sproston

Early Phase Clinical Trials Manager: Jerneen Williams
Email: jerneenwilliams@bellberry.com.au
Phone: 08 8122 4575

Address:
123 Glen Osmond Road
Eastwood, Adelaide South Australia, 5063

Executive Officer: Ms Asra Gholami
Chair: A/Prof Sarah Garnett

Early Phase Clinical Trials Research Ethics Officer: Melinda Giles
Phone: (02) 9845 3105
Email: Melinda.Giles@health.nsw.gov.au

Certified HREC: Yes
National Mutual Acceptance: Yes

Address:
Kids Research Institute
Children's Hospital at Westmead
Locked Bag 4001
Westmead NSW 2145

Executive Officer: Dr Katherine Bolton, Research Manager
Governance Officer: Brianna Attard and Yin Wang

Certified HREC: No
National Mutual Acceptance: Yes

Address:
Research Office
Level 10 Central Coast Research Institute
77A Holden Street
Gosford NSW 2065

Address for Agreements:
CCLHD, Holden Street
Gosford NSW 2250

Executive Officer: Ms Zoe Wulff, Research Ethics Manager
Chair: Dr Susan Thomas

Certified HREC: Yes
National Mutual Acceptance: Yes

Address:
Research Services Office, University of Wollongong
Northfields Avenue
Wollongong NSW 2522

Executive Officer: Ms Tanya Harley
Chair: Prof Ian Seppelt

Certified HREC: Yes
National Mutual Acceptance: Yes

Address:
Research Office
Level 5 South Block, Nepean Hospital
PO Box 63
Penrith NSW 2751

Executive Officer: Olivia Hu
Chair: Dr Greta Ridley

Certified HREC: Yes
National Mutual Acceptance: Yes

Address:
Research Office
Level 13, Kolling Building, Royal North Shore Hospital
Reserve Road
St Leonards NSW 2065

Executive Officer: Ms Elizabeth Drolz
Additional information: Chair: TBC

Certified HREC: No
National Mutual Acceptance: No

The HREC will not be accepting any new proposals for review, however it will continue to monitor existing approved research proposals.

Address:
Royal Rehab
PO Box 6,
Ryde NSW 1680

Executive Officer: Marie Le Bechennec, A/Research Ethics and Governance Manager
Chair: Professor Georgina Hold

Certified HREC: Yes
National Mutual Acceptance: Yes

Address:
G71, East Wing, Edmund Blackett Building
Prince of Wales Hospital
Cnr Avoca and High Streets
Randwick NSW 2031

Executive Officer: Dr Shakti Shukla
Chair: Professor Murray Killingsworth

Certified HREC: Yes
National Mutual Acceptance: Yes

Address:
Research Directorate
Locked Bag 7279 Eastern Campus
Liverpool BC NSW 1871

Delivery Address:
South Western Sydney Local Health District Executive Office
Liverpool Hospital
Eastern Campus
Scrivener Street
Liverpool NSW 2170

Executive Officer: Dr Pamela Blaikie, Research Office Manager
Chair: Dr Jane Carland

Certified HREC: Yes
National Mutual Acceptance: Yes

Address:
St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Research Office
Translational Research Centre
97-105 Boundary Street
Darlinghurst NSW 2010

Executive Officer: Dr Clare Bayram
Early Phase Clinical Trials Ethics Officer: Ms Melinda Giles
Chair: A/Prof Sarah Garnett

Certified HREC: Yes
National Mutual Acceptance: Yes

Address:
Kids Research
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Locked Bag 4001
Westmead NSW 2145

Executive Officer: Ms Kate Flinders, Research Office Manager
Chair: David Le Couteur

Certified HREC: Yes
National Mutual Acceptance: Yes

Address:
Research Office
Ground Floor, Building 20
Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Concord NSW 2139

Executive Officer: Ms Rosemary Carney
Chair: Dr Robert Loblay

Certified HREC: Yes
National Mutual Acceptance: Yes

Address:
Research Development Office
Suite 210A, RPAH Medical Centre
100 Carillon Avenue
Newtown NSW 2042

Executive Officer: Ms Kellie Hansen
Chair: A/Prof Clement Loy

Certified HREC: Yes
National Mutual Acceptance: Yes

Address:
Research Office
Westmead Hospital, Rm 2050, Level 2
Research and Education Network Building
Westmead NSW 2145

Executive Officer: Mr Phil Sanders
Chair: A/Professor Tony Brown

Certified HREC: No
National Mutual Acceptance: No

This HREC is permitted to conduct single ethical review for multi-centre research in NSW only.

Address:
39 Hampden Park Road
PO Box 143
Bathurst NSW 2795

Executive Officer: Mr Phil Sanders
Chair: A/Professor Tony Brown

Certified HREC: No
National Mutual Acceptance: No

This HREC is permitted to conduct single ethical review for multi-centre research in NSW only.

Address:
39 Hampden Park Road
PO Box 143
Bathurst NSW 2795

Executive Officer: Dr Sarah Moberley, Manager Research Ethics and Governance
Chair: Ms Mandy Hunter

Certified HREC: Yes
National Mutual Acceptance: Yes

Address:
Awabakal Country
Level 3, POD, HMRI
Lot 1 Kookaburra Circuit
New Lambton Heights NSW 2305

Mailing Address:
HNELHD Research Office
John Hunter Hospital
Lookout Road
New Lambton Heights NSW 2305

ABN : 63 598 010 203

Executive Officer: Ms Rebecca Lavery, A/Executive Officer
Chair: (TBA)
Population Health and Health Services Studies: Mr Paul Corben

Certified HREC: No
National Mutual Acceptance: No

Address:
PO Box 821
Murwillumbah NSW 2484

Executive Officer: Ms Rebecca Lavery, A/Executive Officer
Chair: (TBA)
Population Health and Health Services Studies: Mr Paul Corben

Certified HREC: No
National Mutual Acceptance: No

Address:
PO Box 821
Murwillumbah NSW 2484

There is no local HREC for Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD). However, via an agreement with Western NSW Local Health District, the Greater Western Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) conducts ethical review for all new single centre applications for research to be conducted in MLHD.

Please contact the Greater Western HREC for further information about ethical review at phone (02) 6330 5948 or e-mail wnswlhd-ethicscommittee@health.nsw.gov.au .

After ethical approval has been granted by the Greater Western HREC, MLHD conducts its own research governance site review to determine whether research is approved to proceed at sites in MLHD. If you have questions about the research governance site review process then please contact the MLHD Research Governance Officer, Dr Janelle Thomas, at janelle.thomas@health.nsw.gov.au or on (02) 5943 2014 .

Executive Officer: Ms Sally Josh, Research Governance Officer

Certified HREC: NA
National Mutual Acceptance: NA

There is no local HREC for Southern NSW Local Health District. However, via an agreement with Western NSW Local Health District, the Greater Western HREC conducts review for:
·         all new single centre applications that are to be conducted in Southern NSW Local Health District
·         projects that are currently running in Southern NSW Local Health District (i.e. those reviewed by the former GSAHS HREC) that require review or acknowledgement of documentation (e.g. amendments and reports).

Contact the Greater Western HREC for further information.

Southern NSW Local Health District conducts its own research governance review.

Address:
Research Governance Office
Southern NSW Local Health District
Community Health Building, Bega District Hospital
PO Box 173
Bega NSW 2550

Ethics Manager: Sonny Green
Chair: Aunty Val Keed

Certified HREC: No
National Mutual Acceptance: No

Note: All human research projects affecting the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people and communities in NSW must be reviewed by the Ethics Committee of the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW (AH&MRC). This is the case even if the project has been reviewed by a NSW Health HREC.

Address:
AH&MRC Ethics Committee
PO Box 1565
Strawberry Hills NSW 2012

Executive Officer: Ms Josie Cullen
Chair: Dr Megan Williams

Certified HREC: No
National Mutual Acceptance: No

Note: All human research projects undertaken with people in the correctional environment in NSW must be reviewed by this HREC.

Address:
Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network
PO Box 150
Matraville NSW 2036

Executive Officer: Ms Chehani Alles
Project Support Officer, Research Ethics: Mr Patrick Borzycki
Chair: Prof David Roder

Certified HREC: Yes
National Mutual Acceptance: No

Note: this is a Cancer Institute NSW and NSW Ministry of Health joint committee - all research involving access (including linkage) to statewide data collections owned or managed by NSW Health or the Cancer Institute NSW must be reviewed by this HREC.

Address:
Cancer Institute NSW
PO Box 41
Alexandria NSW 1435

Executive Officer: Ms Judy Rumler, Administration Officer
Chair: Mr Greg Pearl

Certified HREC: No
National Mutual Acceptance: No

In 2009 the former Albury Base Hospital merged with Wodonga Hospital to form Albury Wodonga Health. All human research projects undertaken at Albury Wodonga Health must be reviewed by the Albury Wodonga Human Research Ethics Committee, which operates under the Victorian System.

Address:
Albury Wodonga Human Research Ethics Committee
Albury Wodonga Health
PO Box 156
Wodonga VIC 3689

Address:
Albury Wodonga Joint Hospitals' Ethics Committee
Albury Wodonga Health
Wodonga Campus Vermont St (PO Box 156)
Wodonga VIC 3689

Facilities covered include the Cancer Council NSW offices and Information Centres or Hubs in NSW and the Centre for Health Research and Psycho-oncology (University of Newcastle) for some research studies.

Address:
Cancer Council NSW
PO Box 572
Kings Cross NSW 1340

Facilities include: Gosford Hospital, Long Jetty Hospital, Woy Woy Hospital, Wyong Hospital

Address:
Research Office, Level 10
Central Coast Research Institute
77A Holden Street
Gosford NSW 2250

Address for Agreements:
CCLHD, Holden Street
Gosford NSW 2250 Australia

ABN: 88 523 389 096

Address:
Level 1, 230 Howick Street
PO Box 143
Bathurst NSW 2795

Address for Agreements:
29 Hawthorn Street
Dubbo NSW 2830

ABN: 50 629 556 404

Facilities covered include: Greenwich Hospital, Neringah Hospital, Braeside Hospital, Northern Beaches Palliative Care Service

Address:
Pallister House, 97-115 River Road
Greenwich NSW 2065

Address:
Hunter New England Local Health District
Lookout Road
New Lambton NSW 2305

Facilities covered include: Bulli Hospital, Coledale Hospital, David Berry Hospital, Kiama Hospital and Community Health Service, Milton-Ulladulla Hospital, Port Kembla Hospital, Shellharbour Hospital, Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital, Wollongong Hospital

Address:
Wollongong Hospital, Block C, Level 8
LMB 8808
SCMC NSW 2521

Address:
Justice Health & Forensic Mental Health Network
PO Box 150
Matraville NSW 2036

Facilities covered include: Bellinger River District Hospital, Coffs Harbour Health Campus, Dorrigo Multi Purpose Service, Macksville District Hospital

Address:
Port Macquarie Base Hospital
Wrights Road
PO Box 126
Port Macquarie NSW 2444

ABN: 57 946 356 658

Mobile: 0428 882 170

Facilities covered include: Kempsey District Hospital, Port Macquarie Base Hospital, Wauchope District Memorial Hospital

Address:
Executive Administration Offices
Kempsey District Hospital
River St
Kempsey NSW 2440

Mobile: 0428 882 170

Address:
193-195 Morgan Street
Wagga Wagga NSW 2650

Facilities covered include: Blue Mountains Hospital, Community Health Centres within Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, Lithgow Hospital, Mental Health Centres within Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, Nepean Hospital, Portland Tabulam Health Centres within Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, Springwood Hospital

Address:
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District
2-6 Station Street
Penrith NSW 2750

ABN: 31 910 677 424

Facilities covered include: Ballina District Hospital, Bonalbo Hospital, Byron Central Hospital, Casino and District Memorial Hospital, Kyogle Memorial Hospital, Lismore Base Hospital, Murwillumbah District Hospital, Nimbin Multi Purpose Centre, The Tweed Hospital, Urbenville Rural Hospital and Health Service, Grafton Base Hospital, McLean District Hospital

Address:
Crawford House
70-72 Hunter Street
Lismore NSW 2480

ABN: 67 284 856 520

Research Governance Officer: Dylan Chin
Research Governance Officer: Vidura Perera

Facilities covered include: Hornsby Hospital, Macquarie Hospital, Mona Vale Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital, Ryde Hospital

Address:
Executive Unit
Level 14, Kolling Building
Royal North Shore Hospital
Reserve Road
St Leonards NSW 2065

Facilities covered include all operational units and corporate services within the Ambulance Service of NSW except Health Emergency and Aeromedical Services.

Address:
NSW Ambulance
Church St
Locked Bag 105
Rozelle NSW 2039

ABN: 69 291 930 156

Address:
670 Drover Road
Bankstown Airport
PO Box 58
Georges Hall NSW 2198

Address:
Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
PO Box 6
Ryde NSW 1680

Facilities covered include: Prince of Wales Hospital, St George Hospital, Royal Hospital for Women, Sutherland Hospital, Sydney and Sydney Eye Hospital, War Memorial Hospital, Albion Street Centre, Kirketon Road Centre and K2, Langton Centre, The Garrawarra Centre, Gower Wilson Memorial Hospital (Lord Howe Island)

Address:
Prince of Wales Hospital
G71, East Wing, Edmund Blackett Building
Cnr High & Avoca Streets
Randwick NSW 2031

Facilities covered include: Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Bowral Hospital, Camden Hospital, Campbelltown Hospital, Fairfield Hospital, Liverpool Hospital

Address:
Research Directorate
Locked Bag 7279
Eastern Campus
Liverpool BC NSW 1871

Delivery Address:
South Western Sydney Local Health District Executive Office
Liverpool Hospital
Eastern Campus
Scrivener Street
Liverpool NSW 2170

ABN: 46 738 965 845

Address:
Southern NSW Local Health District
Clinical Governance Unit
Community Health Building
PO Box 173
Bega NSW 2550

Facilities covered include: Sacred Heart Hospice, St Joseph's Hospital, St Vincent 's Hospital, St Vincent's Private Hospital*, The Mater*, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute*
*These facilities are private sites. Please contact the RGO for research to be undertaken at these sites.

Address:
St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Limited
390 Victoria Street
Darlinghurst NSW 2010

ABN: 77 054 838 87

Facilities covered include: Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick, The Children's Hospital at Westmead (also known as the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children), Newborn & Paediatric Emergency Transport Service (NETS), New South Wales Pregnancy and Newborn Services Network (PSN), Children's Court Clinic

Address:
Kids Research
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Locked Bag 4001
Westmead NSW 2145

ABN: 53 188 579 090

Facilities covered include: Balmain Hospital, Canterbury Hospital, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Dental Hospital

Address:
Research Development Office
Suite 210A, RPAH Medical Centre
100 Carillon Avenue
Newtown NSW 2042

Address:
Research Office
Ground Floor, Building 20
Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Concord NSW 2139

Facilities covered include: Auburn Hospital, Blacktown Hospital, Cumberland Hospital, Mt Druitt Hospital, Westmead Hospital Community Health Centres within Western Sydney Local Health District

Address:
Westmead Hospital
Rm 2050, Level 2, Research and Education Network Building
Westmead NSW 2145