Contact Ethics & Research Governance
The Office of Ethics & Research Governance has multiple functions:
- Ensure compliance with legislation, regulations, guidelines and codes of practice
- Facilitate ethical approval
- Facilitate site specific authorisation
- Assist in the oversight of legal and insurance documentation
- Create policies and guidelines for responsible ethical review and research conduct
- Maintain the ethics and governance review software, ERA
- Oversee post-approval and post-authorisation reporting
- Provide induction and training for HREC members
- Keep performance measurement and planning statistics
- Provide reports for internal and external bodies
Manager
| Position | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Manager | Angela Henjak | (03) 9076 8825 | a.henjak@alfred.org.au |
Ethics Officers
| Position | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs & Interventions | Vicki Bonke | (03) 9076 5248 | v.bonke@alfred.org.au |
| Drugs & Interventions | Cassandra Humble | (03) 9076 2281 | c.humble@alfred.org.au |
| Drugs & Interventions | William (John) Scanlan | (03) 9076 3848 | w.scanlan@alfred.org.au |
| Health & Social Sciences | Anja Schomann | (03) 9076 2935 | a.schomann@alfred.org.au |
| Health & Social Sciences | Steve Shen | (03) 9076 5097 | st.shen@alfred.org.au |
| Low Risk | Emily Bingle | (03) 9076 3619 | e.bingle@alfred.org.au |
Research Governance Officers
| Position | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Research Governance | Nicole Rosenow | n.rosenow@alfred.org.au | |
| Research Governance | Emily Bingle | (03) 9076 3619 | e.bingle@alfred.org.au |
| Research Governance | Kevin Mittelstaedt | 0431 153 242 | k.mittelstaedt@alfred.org.au |
| Research Governance | Kym Wangeman | (03) 9076 0590 | k.wangeman@alfred.org.au |
Complaints about the Alfred Hospital Ethics Committee review process
If you are a researcher and have a complaint or concern about the review of your ethics application by the Alfred Hospital Ethics Committee, please contact the Senior Manager at research@alfred.org.au or phone (03) 9076 8825.
When registering a complaint, quote the local project number or project title and provide your preferred contact details.
What happens with your complaint?
- Following receipt, the complaint is allocated a reference number and recorded in our database.
- The complaint is referred to the Director of Research, Alfred Care Group, (or delegate).
- The complaint is reviewed, which may require input from the Alfred Hospital Ethics Committee.
- The response to your complaint will come from the Senior Manager.
- If the complaint is not resolved, external input may be sought.