Category: <span>Quality Activities</span>
The role of a Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) is to ensure that all kinds of research involving or impacting on humans conform to the highest standards of ethical practice and academic integrity. In this episode, Behind Closed Doors, we meet four members of Bellberry’s HRECs to understand what motivates people to take on this responsibility and how the process works.
Listen to our brand new podcast series, ‘From Lab To Life’, where we go behind the scenes to understand more about the clinical trial and medical research sector. You’ll hear from experts in the sector, including researchers, clinical trial participants and members of Human Research Ethics Committees, exploring challenges and opportunities facing the health and medical research world.
As Bellberry celebrates its 20th year of operation in 2023/24, in this first episode Creating Difference, Bellberry’s CEO, Kylie Sproston talks about what Bellberry is and how it works.
Bellberry are once again delighted to be sponsoring and exhibiting at this years AusBiotech conference. For over 37 years, the AusBiotech conference has served as the leading international meeting place for the Australian life science community. The Ausbiotech conference 2023 is an exciting event that showcases the best and brightest in Australian biotech and science. The conference features a range of speakers and exhibitors from across the biotech and science industries, with a focus on innovation, discovery, and the future of these fields.
Bellberry will be exhibiting at Stand 48. Please come and see the team for further information about our HREC meetings, the application process or just for an informal chat! We look forward to seeing you there.
Bellberry were thrilled to win the 2023 Not-For-Profit Business of the Year Award at Friday’s South Australian Premier’s Business and Export Awards!
What a great way to kick off our 20th year celebrations – thanks to our amazing Bellberry community.
Bellberry is proud to partner with the 2023 AABHL Conference to offer a grant of up to $2000 for Early Career Researchers/Higher Degree Researchers to enable travel to undertake or present research related to research ethics.
To find out more or to apply, click here: https://aabhlconference.com/bellberry-travel-grant
Bellberry is exhibiting at SALHN (Southern Adelaide Local Health Network) Research Week this Wednesday the 20th September – come and visit us at this exciting event showcasing local and international talent in health and medical research!
Join us in Boston, June 25-29, 2023
The DIA 2023 Global Annual Meeting invites industry, regulatory, government, academics, and patients to network, problem-solve, and discuss global and local challenges facing the life sciences community. Hosted in Boston, DIA 2023 is unique in presenting the entire healthcare value chain ranging from policy and regulations to R&D, marketing and access. Over the 5 days you will gain new perspectives, learn, debate and network with contacts you already know and meet many new faces.
Jerneen Williams, Director of Operations and Leanne Weekes, Director of Research, Policy and Advocacy will both be at this exciting event. We look forward to seeing you there!
Bellberry are proud to be a Bronze sponsor of the TROG (Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group) Annual Scientific Meeting 2023 which is being held here in Adelaide, 19 – 22 June.
The conference theme Accelerating Forward, demonstrates the need for us to have a vision to keep moving forward in cancer research and work together to explore emerging and innovative topics in radiation medicine research. The TROG ASM Organising Committee are expecting over 250 delegates making it an excellent networking and research engagement opportunity.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The 2023 ARCS Annual Conference (6–8 June 2023) will be held at the International Convention Centre (ICC), Darling Harbour, Sydney. The ARCS Annual Conference brings together industry professionals, consumers, patients, practitioners, researchers and academia to unite, educate, inform and network.
Bellberry is delighted to be attending, speaking and exhibiting at ARCS this year. Come and pay us a visit at booth #43. We’d be happy to chat with you about any questions you have regarding your study, your application, our processes and anything else we may be able to support you and your research project with.
We look forward to seeing many new, and familiar faces!
On International Clinical Trials Day, we’re proud to publish the Bellberry Clinical Trial Activity Report for 2022. This annual publication represents over one third of the Australia wide CTN trial activity across the development lifecycle.
This report demonstrates capability and capacity in a broad range of research areas. It 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 have been awarded full re-accreditation for five years by the global Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP). Bellberry is the only organisation to achieve AAHRPP accreditation reflecting Bellberry’s commitment to protecting the rights and welfare of research participants.
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 2022
LAST CHANCE FOR EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION – CLOSES 19 MAY!
Join us at Bellberry’s International Scientific Congress in Adelaide on Friday 23 June 2023:
“Toward a Coordinated Approach for Managing Accelerated Patient Access to Promising Medicines. Balancing Patient, Regulator, HTA, Payer, and Other Stakeholder Needs”
Programme governance by a Scientific Advisory Committee, chaired by Professor Emeritus Lloyd Sansom AO
REGISTER NOW – places are strictly limited.
Last year, Bellberry launched a pilot grant program to support participant engagement at scientific meetings. Conference organisers were encouraged to apply for funding to create and/or enhance participant-centric programs, with the overarching goal of improving research by embracing the participant voice. Bellberry was thrilled to receive a larger-than-expected number of high-quality applications. Successful applicants were:- 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.
Bellberry is further developing guidance with respect to complex study designs (such as platform, adaptive and umbrella protocols), which includes how these applications are presented to our Committees for review.
Aligned to our purpose, the quality of a Bellberry Committee review is part of the foundation of our service. While we acknowledge complex study designs have many advantages, there are additional considerations for the management of these types of study designs, ultimately with the protection of participants in mind.
We encourage sponsors and sites planning a complex study design to reach out to the Bellberry team to discuss their application ahead of submission. If you have any queries please contact our team at bellberry@bellberry.com.au
Speakers and delegates at the Health Services Research Conference 2022 are invited to delve into the inter-related themes of resilience, innovation and value, and the role of health services research in embedding these principles into our health systems.
The conference will bring together a variety of disciplines including medicine, allied health, nursing, health policy, health economics, public health, health promotion, epidemiology, informatics and sociology to share how research can help build and maintain resilience, innovation and value within health systems.
Bellberry are delighted to be the Consumer Engagement Sponsor for this event and we look forward to seeing you there.
Bellberry are proud to be a silver sponsor of the ACTA ASM 2022 being held at the SAHMRI in Adelaide on 7-8 November.
The ACTA ASM will be held on Tuesday 8 November with the theme – Implementing Evidence into Practice: how do we plan, engage and act to ensure our trials have the greatest impact and change practice. The ACTA ASM will also include a day of workshops on Monday 7 November.
Please visit the ACTA website for further programme information. We look forward to seeing you there!