Hi Mr Diamond

I am advised by Ms Anne Walsh, Director, Office of Research Ethics and Integrity, that QUT does not have an explicit policy on self-experimentation. Ms Walsh informed me that the University reviews all human research according to the NHMRC National Statement in Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2007 (Updated 2018) that sets the Australian standard for human research ethics review. A link to the National Statement is below:

https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/public...

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From: Mark R. Diamond <[FOI #9734 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 21 December 2022 12:36 PM
To: RTI requests at QUT <[QUT request email]>
Subject: Right to Information request - 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

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