The research ethics committees review research projects to ensure ethical standards are met and that the confidentiality of participants' information is protected.
(See our glossary of medical and professional acronyms for details of qualifications).
Revd Professor Graeme M GRIFFIN: BA, BD (Hons), ASTC, PhD, DD, FASPEA
Chair
Mr David COLDREY: BCom, FREI
Layperson
Dr J E K (Dick) GALBRAITH OBE: MD, FRCS, FRACS, FACS, FRANZCO, FACTM
Medical practitioner
Mrs Pat KEE: Dip.IAC
Layperson
Revd Tat Hean LIE: BAppSc, Grad Dip Applied Information Systems, BTh DipMin
Minister of religion
Professor Marilyn PITTARD: LLB (Hons), BEc (Hons), Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Lawyer
Associate Professor Christopher REID: BA, DipEd, MSc, CertHealthEcon, PhD
Researcher, epidemiologist
Associate Professor Meredith TEMPLE-SMITH: BSc, Dip Applied Child Psychology, Dip Movement and Dance, MPH, DHSc
Researcher, behavioural scientist
This committee reviews the scientific quality of projects conducted by internal research units via an external review process. It also ethically reviews low-risk research projects.
Dr Nigel GRAY AO (Chair)
MBBS, FRACP, FRACMA, Hon LLD (Mon), Hon LLD (Melb)
Professor Ron BORLAND: BSc, MSc, PhD
Nigel Gray Distinguished Fellow for Cancer Prevention, Victorian Centre for Tobacco Control
Professor Graham GILES: BSc, MSc, PhD
Director, Cancer Epidemiology Centre
Professor David HILL AO: PhD
Director, The Cancer Council Victoria
Professor Melanie WAKEFIELD: BA, Dip Appl Psych, MA (Appl Psych), PhD
Director, Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer
