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
Thank you for your enquiry.
Swinburne University’s Human Research Ethics Committee does not have a
specific policy document regarding self-experimentation. In terms of
whether self-experimentation requires HREC review, Swinburne’s Human
Research Ethics Committee follows the National Statement on Ethical
Conduct in [1]Human Research 2007 (updated 2018) to guide its decision
making in relation to what needs ethics review.
Swinburne’s ethics information is available at
[2]https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/et...
Regards
Jane
Jane King | Manager, Research Ethics, Integrity and Biosafety
Research Services | Swinburne University of Technology
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Dear Jane,
Many thanks for the reply and for the information.
Yours sincerely,
Mark R. Diamond
Thank you for your email.
I am on leave and will be back in the office on Thursday 16 February 2023
and will respond to your email on my return.
For any urgent research ethics or biosafety matters, please email
[email address]
For any urgent research integrity matter, please email
[email address]
Jane