A volunteer proxy lawyer member(s) in the below NHMRC category will need to attend meetings when required and to relieve during periods of leave and also undertake out of session expedited reviews of research studies from time to time.

Applicants may also be offered full membership in the future as other members in the same category leave the committee.

As per section 5.1.30 (e) of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research the qualified lawyer, who may or may not be currently practicing and, where possible, is not engaged to advise the institution on research-related or any other matters;

The NHMRC National Statement will assist members to meet their responsibilities to identify issues of ethics that arise in the design, review and conduct of human research,



to deliberate about those ethical issues, and to justify decisions about them.

The Committee has the designated role to provide ethical review in accordance with the values and principles set out in the National Statement on Ethical

Online or Remote

** Category **
Health

** Commitment **
Regular - more than 6 months

** Type Of Work **
Governance, Boards & Committees,

** Time Required **
12 noon until 3.00 pm. Meetings held via MS Teams and are usually the fourth Wednesday of each month.

** Training **
Induction prior to commencement will be provided

📌 Lawyer member for WCHN Human Research Ethics Committee (who may or may not be currently practicing) (Australia)
🏢 Women's and Children's Health Network
📍 Australia