University research policies regarding self-experimentation
To the University.
I would be grateful if you would, if possible, deal with this request under administrative arrangements rather than invoking the cumbersome machinery of the Freedom of Information/Right to Information Act.
I am seeking a copy of any policy documents that your university has (most likely with your Human Research Ethics Committee [HREC], or similar) regarding research involving self-experimentation, by which I mean those projects or experiments in which the only participant is the researcher themselves.
I am particularly interested in (i) whether your university has an explicit policy regarding self-experimentation, and (ii) whether self-experimentation requires HREC review.
Yours faithfully,
Mark R. Diamond
Dear Mark
Please review the policy documents on our Monash Policy bank webpage.
[1]https://www.monash.edu/policy-bank/home
Fiona Hunt
Authorised FOI Officer (Mon - Thurs)
Monash University
T: +61 3 990 55137
On Wed, 21 Dec 2022 at 13:34, Mark R. Diamond
<[2][FOI #9732 email]> wrote:
To the University.
I would be grateful if you would, if possible, deal with this request
under administrative arrangements rather than invoking the cumbersome
machinery of the Freedom of Information/Right to Information Act.
I am seeking a copy of any policy documents that your university has
(most likely with your Human Research Ethics Committee [HREC], or
similar) regarding research involving self-experimentation, by which I
mean those projects or experiments in which the only participant is the
researcher themselves.
I am particularly interested in (i) whether your university has an
explicit policy regarding self-experimentation, and (ii) whether
self-experimentation requires HREC review.
Yours faithfully,
Mark R. Diamond
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