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Ethics Committee

Research undertaken within IVFAustralia must comply with legislated guidelines, and requires approval from IVFAustralia’s Ethics Committee. Research must demonstrate its potential for contribution to knowledge and scientific merit. The IVFAustralia Ethics Committee is constituted in line with the NHMRC National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Research Involving Humans and objectives include:

To ensure that all research involving human participant within IVFAustralia is reviewed, approved and monitored in line with the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Research Involving Humans as issued by the National Health and Medical research Council (NHMRC).
To provide advice to IVFAustralia on ethical aspects of clinical infertility practice

IVFAustralia Ethics Committee members include:

Assoc Prof Garth Leslie	Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Chairperson
Mascia Buzzolini-Vasquez	Community Representative
Douglas McLelland	Community Representative
Jessica Rowe	Community Representative
Prof Douglas Saunders	Person with knowledge of, & current experience in areas of research regularly considered by the Ethics Committee
Julie Hamblin	Lawyer
Dr Michael Carey	Person with knowledge of, and current experience in, the professional care, counselling or treatment of people
Rev’d Robert Sutherland	Minister of Religion
Dr John Ryan	Person with knowledge of, and current experience in areas of research regularly considered by the Ethics Committee

To contact the Ethics Committee: ethics@ivf.com.au