Committee Details & Meeting Dates
SESLHD Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)
The SESLHD HREC meets monthly to review research ethics and governance submissions.
Current Membership Composition
Chairperson - Dr Melvin Chin
This HREC is constituted and operates in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council's National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2023) and the CPMP/ICH Note for Guidance on Good Clinical Practice. No HREC member is present for the review of applications for which they have a conflict of interest.
The Committee comprises members internal and external to SESLHD in the following required categories:
- One Chairperson
- Two consumer/community members
- One Biostatistician
- One member who performs a pastoral care role in a community
- Two lawyers (independent)
- Eleven members with current research experience
- Eight members with knowledge of and current experience in professional care, counselling or treatment of people
To view the HREC Terms of Reference, please click here.
Meeting Dates
2024 meeting dates and submission deadlines can be downloaded here.
2025 meeting dates and submission deadlines can be downloaded here.
Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)
New applications must be submitted by the pre-review submission deadline to allow the application to undergo our pre-review process.
| Pre-review deadline (by 12pm) (All new applications) | Submission deadline (by 12pm) | HREC Meeting Date |
| Tuesday 9 January | Friday 19 January | Tuesday 6 February |
| Tuesday 6 February | Friday 16 February | Tuesday 5 March |
| Tuesday 5 March | Friday 15 March | Tuesday 2 April |
| Tuesday 9 April | Friday 19 April | Tuesday 7 May |
| Tuesday 7 May | Friday 17 May | Tuesday 4 June |
| Tuesday 4 June | Friday 14 June | Tuesday 2 July |
| Tuesday 9 July | Friday 19 July | Tuesday 6 August |
| Tuesday 6 August | Friday 16 August | Tuesday 3 September |
| Tuesday 3 September | Friday 13 September | Tuesday 1 October |
| Tuesday 8 October | Friday 18 October | Tuesday 5 November |
| Tuesday 5 November | Friday 15 November | Tuesday 3 December |
| Tuesday 7 January 2025 | Friday 17 January 2025 | Tuesday 4 February 2025 |
Low Negligible Risk (LNR) Committee
| Submission deadline (by 9am) | LNR Meeting Date |
| Friday 2 February | Tuesday 13 February |
| Friday 16 February | Tuesday 27 February |
| Friday 1 March | Tuesday 12 March |
| Friday 15 March | Tuesday 26 March |
| Thursday 28 March* | Tuesday 9 April |
| Friday 12 April | Tuesday 23 April |
| Friday 26 April | Tuesday 14 May* |
| Friday 17 May | Tuesday 28 May |
| Friday 31 May | Tuesday 11 June |
| Friday 14 June | Tuesday 25 June |
| Friday 28 June | Tuesday 9 July |
| Friday 12 July | Tuesday 23 July |
| Friday 2 August | Tuesday 13 August* |
| Friday 16 August | Tuesday 27 August |
| Friday 30 August | Tuesday 10 September |
| Friday 13 September | Tuesday 24 September |
| Friday 27 September | Tuesday 8 October |
| Friday 11 October | Tuesday 22 October |
| Friday 1 November | Tuesday 12 November |
| Friday 15 November | Tuesday 26 November |
| Friday 29 November | Tuesday 10 December |
*Date changed due to public holiday and/or conflicting HREC meeting dates.