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• The Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand for the Health Services Research Conference, held in Sydney from 30 November to 2 December 2022; and
• The Lung Foundation Australia for the Australian Lung Cancer Conference, to be held on the Gold Coast from 15 to 17 February 2023.

• Grant Program Guidelines and Application Form

HREC meetings are held every Wednesday for the duration of 2023.

HREC meetings are held every Wednesday for the duration of 2023.

In April QUT (Queensland University of Technology) Faculty of Health held their student excellence awards ceremony.

In 2018 as part of our donations program, Bellberry gave support to QUT with the launch of the 3-year Bellberry Biomedical Ethics student prize.

The winner of the Bellberry Biomedical Ethics prize for the 2021 academic year was Chelsie Lawson. Chelsie said, “It was an incredible surprise and honour to receive this award. It’s so nice to feel recognised for my efforts, and I’m very appreciative of Bellberry for their generosity. It’s a great motivation to keep working hard and make QUT proud”.

Bellberry HREC Chair Dr Jeff Karrasch was at the event to present the award to Chelsie and to pass on Bellberrys many congratulations.

On International Clinical Trials Day, we’re proud to publish the Bellberry Clinical Trial Activity Report 2021. This second annual publication represents a significant proportion of the Australia wide CTN trial activity across the development lifecycle. It demonstrates capability and capacity in a broad range of research areas. The report also captures the originating funding location for inward investment in Sponsored clinical trials, again demonstrating Australia’s active participation in the global development process.

In this reporting period Bellberry was also delighted to become the first Australian organisation to achieve accreditation by the global Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP).

If you have any questions relating to this data, please contact us at bellberry@bellberry.com.au

Click here to register and download the Bellberry Clinical Trial Activity Report 2021

Nurses and midwives, are you currently working in clinical research or wanting to start a career in clinical research? Then this is an exciting opportunity for you!

PRAXIS Australia promotes the understanding and practice of ethical human research in Australia and internationally, to enhance the welfare of research participants and the quality and effectiveness of research. Bellberry, the founding partner of PRAXIS, is pleased to again partner with PRAXIS to fund a scholarship supporting five nurses or midwives through a high-quality training package.

This is in recognition of founding PRAXIS CEO, Melanie Gentgall, who joined Bellberry to explore and establish this education initiative and was the energetic custodian who oversaw its transformation into the independent not-for-profit PRAXIS that you see today.

If you are a nurse or midwife wanting to strengthen your knowledge and skills, this is a fantastic opportunity!

Submit your application via the following link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7S3GNF9 or QR code below:

Bellberry delivers high quality, timely, professional HREC (Human Research Ethics Committee) services. Our Operations team supports the submission of applications and the delivery of research. The Operations function ensures that Bellberry HRECs can deliver high quality, timely, and consistent research reviews that meet all relevant accreditation requirements. The HREC Officers work closely with the Team Leaders and Operations Manager to deliver a professional, high level support service to our research sites.

We have ongoing opportunities for casual and permanent HREC Officers.

The HREC Officer position description can be found here.

If you wish to apply for this role, please visit the SEEK website.

If you have any queries regarding this role, please contact Athena Seltsikas our HR Business Partner on 08 8361 3222 or email athenaseltsikas@bellberry.com.au.

Bellberry is proud to work with award-winning medical research organisation Linear Clinical Research.

Linear was established in 2010 in WA as part of a vision from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research to provide a purpose built, state-of-the-art, clinical trials facility in the West.

Bellberry has been providing HREC services to Linear since the facility started operating out of the QEII Medical Centre.

To celebrate our relationship, we have created a film highlighting what Linear has delivered to the WA community in bringing world-first clinical trials to the state. Watch the video here.

ACTA has launched a new Industry Partnership Award in recognition of the important role that industry plays in Australian clinical trials.

Open to Members and non-members, the Industry Partnership Award will celebrate a significant collaboration between an industry company and a team of academic investigators uniting to conduct a high-impact clinical trial.

The winner of this new award will be publicly announced at ACTA’s National Tribute and Awards Ceremony, of which Bellberry are premium partners, held in Sydney on 20 May 2022 to coincide with International Clinical Trials Day. The annual awards honour Australians advancing our health system by designing, conducting, or participating in ground-breaking clinical trials and promote the importance of clinical trials and the expertise and complexity of the work involving trial teams, industry partners and consumers.

The closing date for nominations is midnight, Sunday 6 March 2022.

Visit ACTA for further information on the awards and to make your nomination.

Bellberry is delighted to share that one of our HREC members, Greg Crawford, was awarded an AM in the Australia Day honours.

Greg is a Senior Consultant in Palliative Medicine and Director of Research & Education, Northern Adelaide Palliative Service; Professor of Palliative Medicine, Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; Chairman, Board of Palliative Care SA and Chairman, Palliative Care Study Group, Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer.

Greg was awarded the AM for his significant service to palliative care and to tertiary education. Bellberry extend our sincere congratulations on this wonderful achievement.

Hello 2022! Bellberry welcome’s in the new year with 3 HREC meetings being held on 5 January.

HREC meetings will be held every Wednesday for the remainder of the year with the exception of Tuesday 25 January (submission date 12 January) when meetings will be held on this date instead of Wednesday 26 January due to the Australia Day public holiday.

Please contact us at bellberry@bellberry.com.au if you have any submission queries or for any other general queries.

We are delighted to congratulate our CEO, Kylie Sproston, on her election as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE).

Kylie was elected by her peers along with 26 other candidates for 2021 in recognition of a life-long pursuit of excellence through applied science, technology and engineering.

Chair of MTPConnect, Sue MacLeman said she nominated Kylie because of her leadership in the Australian medical research sector, as well as her role at Bellberry. “Kylie was a strong candidate given her significant contribution to the sector and the work she does more broadly including chairing the CRC Advisory Committee, mentoring our clinical trial researchers and providing leadership,” said Ms MacLeman.

“I think she will provide wonderful skills and expertise to ATSE and will have a real impact participating in policy responses in health and other areas.”

ATSE said the 2021 Fellows “inspire us to be bold, ambitious and progressive in how we use technology to tackle some of our most urgent challenges from COVID-19 to climate change”.