Human Research Ethics Committee

The Grampians Health and St John of God Hospital Ballarat Human Research Ethics Committee (GH SJOG HREC) has vacancies (for a term of 3 years) for membership. Scroll to the bottom of the page for more information.

The Grampians Health and St John of God Healthcare Human Research Ethics Committee is a duly constituted and registered Ethics Committee under the guidelines of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), responsible for approving, overseeing and monitoring the conduct and performance of research in both institutions and partners throughout the Grampians region.

The Ethics Committee must approve all research projects to be run by staff members and visiting clinicians, and all projects involving participants who are patients/clients or staff members of Grampians Health and St John of God Ballarat Hospital and partner organisations.
Research involving humans must not be undertaken until a formal, signed approval has been confirmed by GHSJOG HREC.

The HREC reviews studies such as:

• Non-interventional.
• Qualitative.
• Laboratory or basic science.
• Observational studies.
• Clinical research involving drugs and devices. This includes both experimental agents, and those approved for use by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
• Non-standard clinical interventions. This includes both experimental agents, and those approved for use by the TGA.

Committee information

• HREC Committee Composition 2024
• HREC Terms of Reference

HREC meeting dates

Applications and correspondence items will not be reviewed by the committee unless all documents are signed and submitted to Ethics Review Manager (ERM).

The dates for 2024 are:

Responsibilities of the Chief Principal Investigator (CPI), Principal Investigator and Sponsor 

Find out about the roles and responsibilities in Single Site and Multi-Site research projects on the Clinical Trials and Research Victoria website.