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.

Jun 12, 2019

Call for Expressions of Interest

Due to our continued growth, we seek to expand our panel of medical and scientific members on an ongoing basis.  At present we are particularly interested to hear from people with clinical and/or research experience in the following areas: Oncology Pharmacology Neurology Dermatology General Practitioners Knowledge and experience favourably considered for medical and scientific members […]

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May 23, 2019

ACTA Announces Clinical Trials 2019 National Awards Winners

On Monday 20 May ACTA held their National Tribute and Awards ceremony in conjunction with International Clinical Trials Day. “Clinical trials are vital to ensuring patients receive the best treatments and get the best outcomes. Effective and efficient treatments not only reduce suffering they can also mean less time spent receiving treatment and less money […]

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May 15, 2019

Clinical Trials 2019: National Tribute and Awards Ceremony

  As part of the celebrations to commemorate International Clinical Trials Day on 20 May, ACTA are holding a National Tribute and Awards Ceremony. The ceremony will honour the remarkable people who have make ground-breaking clinical trials possible and will include the ACTA Trial of the Year Award, ACTA STInG Excellence in Trial Statsistics Award […]

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May 13, 2019

International Clinical Trials Day 2019

  https://www.australianclinicaltrials.gov.au/international-clinical-trials-day

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Apr 4, 2019

Bellberry-Viertel Fellowship Award closes soon!

As of 2016, Bellberry began working in collaboration with the Viertel Foundation to offer prestigious, high-value 5 year mid-career fellowships to the brightest research talent. The Senior Medical Research Fellowship and the Bellberry-Viertel Fellowship are intended to be amongst the most prestigious awards available to those who wish to continue a career in medical research […]

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Mar 29, 2019

CT:IQ Projects Update

CT:IQ Projects Update CT:IQ works collaboratively with the medical research sector to improve the impact, quality and efficiency of clinical trials in Australia, resulting ultimately in the delivery of better health outcomes for the whole community. The CT:IQ Steering Committee met in December 2018 and selected five projects for CT:IQ to progress in 2019: Consumer […]

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Mar 18, 2019

APHA 38th National Congress

17 -19 March – Melbourne This years APHA Congress will examine the changing operational environment for private hospitals. Issues such as private health insurance reform, the new National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (National Standards) and privacy will all be discussed. The APHA Congress will continue to feature a range of social and networking […]

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Mar 12, 2019

Bellberry Welcome two new staff

Bellberry is delighted to welcome two new members of staff to the team, Reuben Jacob as Innovation Manager and Jerneen Williams as Early Phase Clinical Trials Manager. Reuben has a background in science and genetics, and has spent the last decade working in research and in technology commercialisation. He previously worked for a State Government […]

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Feb 22, 2019

PRAXIS hold first workshop in new Bellberry premises

PRAXIS: Essential Project Management Skills for Research and Clinical Trials PRAXIS are today holding their Essential Project management Skills for Research and Clinical Trials course right here in Bellberrys new office premises. The session is an introductory style workshop which covers key processes and strategies in project management. Participants will learn practical and essential skills for effective […]

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Jan 30, 2019

New CT:IQ Project Manager

I am thrilled to announce the appointment of Sonia Harvey as Project Manager to support the Clinical Trials: Impact & Quality (CT:IQ) initiative. Sonia has spent the first two decades of her career in a variety of increasingly senior roles at BP including as a Strategy manager, Transformation manager and Compliance & Assurance Manager.  Sonia […]

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Jan 3, 2019

Bellberry Are Moving!

Our contact number remains the same, 08 83613222, and you can continue to contact us directly by phone or email. We look forward to continuing to work with you and we invite you to stop by for a tour next time you’re in the neighbourhood.

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Dec 19, 2018

First Meeting of 2019

The first meeting of 2019 will be held on 2 January. From 2 January onwards meetings will be held every Wednesday evening for the remainder of the year. Bellberry holds eight regular HREC meetings per month. All study documentation must be submitted via eProtocol 2 weeks prior to a meeting. We are able to hold extra […]

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Dec 18, 2018

Another Year Goes By!

Another year has flown by and what a busy year its been! On the Committee front, our 8 HREC’s have held 87 Committee meetings and reviewed 478 studies between them. Within the Bellberry team, we have welcomed six new members of staff: Committee Administrators Emily Dodd, Molly Wundenberg and Kate Fulton, Operations and Project Support […]

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Nov 29, 2018

December 5th is the submission deadline for the last meeting of 2018!

Submission deadline for last meeting of 2018! If you would like your study to be reviewed before the Christmas break, please ensure you submit all study documentation via eProtocol by Wed 5 December. Alternatively, our first meeting of 2019 will be held on 2 January. The submission deadline date for this meeting is December 12th.

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