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:

  • Chairperson
  • 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

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 must be submitted for pre-review)

Submission deadline (by 12pm)

(Note: see pre-review deadline for new submissions)

HREC Meeting Date
Tuesday 7 January Friday 17 January Tuesday 4 February
Tuesday 4 February Friday 14 February Tuesday 4 March
Tuesday 4 March Friday 14 March Tuesday 1 April
Tuesday 8 April Friday 18 April Tuesday 6 May
Tuesday 6 May Friday 16 May Tuesday 3 June
Tuesday 3 June Friday 13 June Tuesday 1 July
Tuesday 8 July Friday 18 July Tuesday 5 August
Tuesday 5 August Friday 15 August Tuesday 2 September
Tuesday 9 September Friday 19 September Tuesday 7 October
Tuesday 7 October Friday 17 October Tuesday 4 November
Tuesday 4 November Friday 14 November Tuesday 2 December

 

Low Negligible Risk (LNR) Committee

Submission deadline (by 9am) LNR Meeting Date
Friday 31 February Tuesday 11 February
Friday 14 February Tuesday 25 February
Friday 28 February Tuesday 11 March
Friday 14 March Tuesday 25 March
Friday 28 March Tuesday 8 April
Friday 11 April Tuesday 22 April
Friday 2 May* Tuesday 13 May*
Friday 16 May Tuesday 27 May
Friday 30 May Tuesday 10 June
Friday 13 June Tuesday 24 June
Friday 27 June Tuesday 8 July
Friday 11 July Tuesday 22 July
Friday 1 August* Tuesday 12 August*
Friday 15 August Tuesday 26 August
Friday 29 August Tuesday 9 September
Friday 12 September Tuesday 23 September
Friday 26 September Tuesday 7 October
Friday 10 October Tuesday 21 October
Friday 31 October* Tuesday 11 November*
Friday 14 November Tuesday 25 November
Friday 28 November Tuesday 9 December

*Date changed due to public holiday and/or conflicting HREC meeting dates.