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 Charles Darwin University,
I wrote to your on 21 December 2022 with a request for information. but I have still not received a substantive reply. I would be grateful if you respond to the original request which I have duplicated below this email.
Yours faithfully,
Mark R. Diamond
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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 email. Charles Darwin University governance documents are published at https://www.policies.cdu.edu.au. Ethics applications should be submitted per the instructions at https://www.cdu.edu.au/research-and-inno...
Please also see the National Health and Medical Research Council's National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007) - Updated 2018: https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/public... This statement governs the work of all HRECs in Australia, including Charles Darwin University's.
Kind regards,
Matthew
Policy and Governance Officer
Governance
W: cdu.edu.au
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark R. Diamond <[FOI #9721 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2023 4:56 PM
To: CDU Governance <[CDU request email]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - University research policies regarding self-experimentation
Dear Charles Darwin University,
I wrote to your on 21 December 2022 with a request for information. but I have still not received a substantive reply. I would be grateful if you respond to the original request which I have duplicated below this email.
Yours faithfully,
Mark R. Diamond
_________________________________________________
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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