University research policies regarding self-experimentation
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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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Dear Mark,
Thank you for your enquiry.
The University of Wollongong Policy Directory contains all UOW policy
documents publicly available:
([1]https://documents.uow.edu.au/about/polic...).
We do not have a policy directly relating to self-experimentation,
however, you will find our research category publicly available here:
[2]https://documents.uow.edu.au/about/polic...
I hope this assists with your enquiries.
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Cassandra
Cassandra Garcia
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Subject: Government Information (Public Access) 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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