Our research ethics committees review cancer 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).
Membership of the Human Research and Ethics Committee
Dr Alice Owen: BSc (Hons), PhD
Chair
Ms Donna Benjamin: BA Hons (Theatre and Drama), Grad Dip Hum (English), Grad Dip Internet and Web Computing
Layperson
Mr David Coldrey: BCom, FREI
Layperson
Rev Tat Hean Lie: BAppSc, Grad Dip Applied Information Systems, BTh DipMin
Minister of religion
Vacancy
Researcher, epidemiologist
Professor Marilyn Pittard: LLB (Hons), BEc (Hons), Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Lawyer
Dr Jeffrey Tan: MBBS, MRCOG, FRANZCOG
Medical practitioner
Dr Jennifer Walker: BAppSci (AppBiol/Biotech), MPH, PhD
Researcher, behavioural scientist
Membership of the Institutional Research Review Committee
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 Fiona Bruinsma: BSc, Grad Dip App Psych, MA App Sc (Epidemiology), PhD
Acting Chair
Ms Danielle Spence
Head, Strategy and Support Division
Prof Ron Borland: BSc, MSc, PhD
Nigel Gray Distinguished Fellow for Cancer Prevention
Dr Suzanne Dobbinson: BSc, MSc, PhD
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer
Mr Todd Harper: BEcon, GD Health Promotion, M Health Econ
Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Council Victoria
Ms Clara Walker
Evaluation Coordinator, Achievement Program, Prevention Division
Mr Clem Byard
Clinical Nurse Specialist (Research), CISS, Strategy and Support Division