News & Insights
Welcome to Bellberry’s blog. Here we publish commentary, updates, feature posts, and thought leadership on research ethics, regulation, participant experience, and system change. Discover what’s happening across the research and ethics landscape in Australia and beyond.
Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellowship and Clinical Investigator awards
The Trustees of the Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation are pleased to announce two classes of research grants to be awarded in 2021 and commencing in 2022. The Viertel Foundation was established to benefit organisations or institutions involved in medical research into diseases and the alleviation of the hardship of the aged and the […]
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Harmony Week 2021
National Harmony Week is an opportunity for Australians to celebrate the rich cultural heritage and identity of our country. It is about inclusiveness, respect, national pride and a sense of belonging for everyone. We have chosen to mark this occasion at Bellberry by inviting our team members to share their connection to a country of […]
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Nominations for the ACTA 2021 Trial of the Year Awards close soon!
This year ACTA will be recognising the outstanding achievements of its members at their National Tribute and Award Ceremony being held on International Clinical Trials Day (20 May 2021). The ACTA Trial of the Year Award was established in 2016 to recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements of its Members, who advance clinical practice and […]
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Back to the Office
The Bellberry team recently returned to the office after another period of rostered working from home. It’s been a year since we first experienced working from home and during that time the team have adapted well to the challenges that the COVID situation has presented. We have amended several of our internal processes and ways […]
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Study Submission Changes
Bellberry’s mission is to protect the welfare of research participants and to improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of research. Whenever possible, we are always striving to make improvements to streamline the HREC process. In November 2020, several important changes to the Bellberry submission process came into effect. The transition period for these changes has […]
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Happy New Year!
We hope you all had a safe and happy Christmas break and look forward to working with you again in a hopefully much calmer 2021! As always if you have any queries please contact the Bellberry team at bellberry@bellberry.com.au
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Australian Showcase: clinical trials and medical innovation advantages
AusBiotech invites you to its virtual showcase highlighting Australia’s clinical trial and medical innovation advantages, coinciding with the annual JP Morgan and Biotech Showcase week in January 2021. This virtual event will be hosted in Melbourne on Fri 15 Jan, 10-11.35am (AEDT). Australia has been amongst the globe’s lesser COVID-19-impacted countries, providing the opportunity to […]
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Bellberry Allstars fundraising for SAHMRI’s BR/GHT
Bellberry has signed up to take part in the BR/GHT walking challenge this December as a Team “Bellberry Allstars”, raising funds for SAHMRI’s lifesaving medical research. SAHMRI (South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute) is conducting inspired research that leads to better health outcomes for all. The Institute is home to more than 650 of […]
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ACTA Summit and Clinical Trials 2020 National Tribute and Award Ceremony
The ACTA Summit 2020 will be a ‘virtual’ gathering of Australian and international experts to discuss the design and conduct of clinical trials, developments in clinical quality registries, embedding research into healthcare, new approaches to practice, and innovations in clinical trial governance and consumer engagement. Bellberry is proud to be a gold sponsor for this […]
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A message from Bellberry
To our valued Bellberry community: In line with South Australian 6-day circuit breaker restrictions introduced today, Bellberry has closed our Adelaide office. At this stage, the closure is planned for 19th-24th November and will be reviewed as more information becomes available. We will be working remotely for the time being. Bellberry HRECs perform an important […]
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Bio Connections Australia: Virtual Event
Bio Connections Australia explores drug development, early phase clinical trials, translational research and expediting Australia’s great science into commercialization. It comes at a critical time for Australia’s medical research sector. The focus of the agenda this year will be on translation and commercialization of homegrown Australian research, improving drug development and clinical trials in Australia […]
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COSA’s Annual Scientific Meeting
In 2020 COSA are moving away from their tradition of focussing on one or two cancers, and featuring Quality & Safety, Implementation Science and Cardio-oncology as program themes which will provide something for everyone in their multi-disciplinary membership. Bellberry board member Professor Ian Frazer AC will be presenting a live virtual session on Friday 13th […]
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Study Submission Changes
Bellberry’s mission is to protect the welfare of research participants and to improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of research. Whenever possible, we are always striving to make improvements to streamline the HREC process. As of 2 November 2020, several important changes to the Bellberry submission process will come into effect. Bellberry will assist sites […]
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We are exhibiting at AusBiotech 2020!
AusBiotech + Invest 2020 – Australia’s largest life science conference is back and will be delivered online live 28 – 30 October and on-demand. Join Bellberry online at AusBiotech next week!
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