For more than 100 years, Sydney Adventist Hospital has been known as a provider of first-class medical care in nearly every specialty. From the beginning, Sydney Adventist Hospital has also been committed to advancing the science of medicine. Today the San supports clinical research across a wide range of specialties. All research at Sydney Adventist Hospital must routinely undergo ethical review prior to commencement. This is overseen by the Sydney Adventist Hospital Ethics Committee, which is a registered Human Research Ethics Committee (EC00141). Research activities which involves human interaction, access to human tissue and/or identified personal information that is not already on the public record, require ethical review and include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Interview
• Survey
• Focus group
• Audit
• Observation
• Testing or treatment
• Peer review
• Clinical trial
• Clinical intervention
The ethical review process incorporates all aspects of research governance to ensure that human research at Sydney Adventist Hospital meets appropriate standards of quality, safety, privacy, risk management, financial management and ethical acceptability.
Please click for a list of current research projects at Sydney Adventist Hospital.
If you would like more information about research at the San please send you enquiry to ethics@sah.org.au
