Australian Sensitive Data Interest Group Meeting 27: NHMRC National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2023

About the Event

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)‘s National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research sets the requirements for the ethical design, review and conduct of human research in Australia. It was updated in 2023 with the changes taking effect from 1 January 2024.

At this Australian Sensitive Data Interest Group (AUSDIG) meeting, you’ll learn about the development of the National Statement and the recent changes to chapter 2.1 (risk and benefit) and section 5 (research governance and ethics review).

Speaker

Jeremy Kenner is the Expert Advisor for Ethics to the NHMRC’s Research Quality and Advice Branch. At the NHMRC, he is responsible for or contributes to a broad range of programs and projects related to health and research ethics, governance of research and clinical trials and provides advice internally and externally on these matters.

Prior to his current role, Jeremy served as Ethics Coordinator at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. Earlier in his career, Jeremy worked as a schoolteacher, practiced law, and conducted public education and research in bioethics in the United States. His academic background is in anthropology, theology and law.

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