Research Ethics: Human (Webinar)
18 March 2026 10:00am–11:30am
Registration:
2 February 2026–18 March 2026
This session is offered through the Graduate Research School’s Career Development Framework for HDR candidates. You will be directed to their website to register using your HDR student log-in.
Human Research is research conducted with or about people, or their data or tissue. It includes the involvement of human beings in the following activities:
- surveys, interviews or focus groups;
- psychological, physiological or medical testing or treatments;
- observation by researchers;
- having participants’ personal documents or other materials accessed;
- collection and use of participants’ body organs, tissues or fluids (e.g. skin, blood, urine, saliva, hair, bones, tumor and other biopsy specimens), or their exhaled breath, and; their information (in individually identifiable, re-identifiable or non-identifiable form) as part of an existing published or unpublished source or database being accessed
In this session, the following topics related to Human Research Ethics will discussed:
- Principles of ethical research
- Review Pathways
- The process of seeking ethical approval
- Ethics application form (HREA)
There will also be an opportunity for your questions.

Venue
Online session