Departments Of Defence And Veterans’ Affairs Human Research Ethics Committee (ddva Hrec) Meeting Minutes February 2024 769/23/24 - Documents (pdf, 1.61 Mb)

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The February 2024 meeting minutes of the Departments of Defence and Veterans' Affairs Human Research Ethics Committee show routine governance and project oversight activities. The committee reviewed five new ethics applications, 27 final reports (18 approved), 57 progress reports (45 approved), 23 resubmissions, 21 amendments, and 36 extension requests. Twenty-four progress reports were due by end-March 2024. Eight desktop audits were conducted, ethics approval expired for six projects, and one project's ethics approval was withdrawn. No adverse or serious adverse events were reported. The minutes are heavily redacted throughout, with specific project details, researcher names, and other substantive content obscured under section 47E(d) and related exemptions, preventing disclosure of actual research being conducted or reviewed.