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.
Bellberry Team News
The Bellberry team bid a fond farewell to Executive Assistant Christine Weinert who retired this month. Chris is a long standing member of the team who started working at Bellberry in 2009 as a Committee Secretary. Since then, Chris has become an invaluable member of the team whose extensive knowledge and experience will be sorely […]
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A Game Changer for Imaging in SA
Bellberry are thrilled to launch their partnership with The South Australian Health and Medical Institute (SAHMRI) to establish the Bellberry Molecular Imaging Program; a project that will allow the development of a series of diagnostic agents that will enhance SAHMRI’s ability to deliver improved healthcare, clinical trial capacity and translational health outcomes. This partnership will […]
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New Committee Members Needed
Following an exceptionally busy year in 2016 with a total of 78 HREC meetings held, Bellberry has registered our seventh and eighth HRECs with the NHMRC. Going forward in 2017 Bellberry will be holding 2 Committee meetings every week. Due to our continued growth, we would like to expand our pool of HREC members and […]
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New Committee G Chair
Following an exceptionally busy year in 2016 with a total of 78 HREC meetings held, Bellberry have registered our seventh and eighth HRECs with the NHMRC. We are now delighted to announce that Professor Ben Canny has been appointed as our Committee G Chair. Prof Canny is already familiar with Bellberry after joining as a […]
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New National Scientific Committee Administrator
This month we were delighted to welcome back Lauren Griswood (nee Guscott) to the Bellberry team. Lauren previously worked at Bellberry as a Committee secretary but has returned in a new role as administrator for the new NHMRC funded National Scientific Committee’s (NSC) that are being hosted by Bellberry. The NSC’s were launched by the […]
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Bellberry at AusBiotech 2016
Bellberry CEO Kylie Sproston, PRAXIS CEO Melanie Gentgall and Bellberry Operations Manager Trina O’Donnell all attended this annual event held in Melbourne this week. Bellberry and PRAXIS hosted a joint exhibition and were delighted to meet new contacts along with existing colleagues and friends. Alongside the 3 day program this year the event also hosted […]
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AEN Conference Program Now Available
REGISTRATION OPEN AND PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE! Join the discussion at Australia’s pivotal Research Ethics, Governance and Research Integrity meeting CLICK HERE FOR PROGRAM DETAILS Â WORKSHOP PLACES ARE FILLING FAST Join us at the iconic SAHMRI building for opening night drinks, networking and an exciting guest panel discussion. The conference dinner will also be […]
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Crossover Conference Papers Published
In October 2014 Bellberry hosted the Crossover conference, an international expert scientific meeting that addressed the challenges of early treatment switching in clinical trial design for oncology. A further scientific meeting in 2015 allowed for the development and launch of best practice guidelines for trial design and statistical methods from an international expert panel. Bellberry […]
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AEN Conference Registration Open!
Join the discussion at Australia’s pivotal Research Ethics, Governance and Research Integrity meeting It is a pleasure to invite you to join us at the 2016 AEN Conference to be held in Adelaide’s rapidly growing research hub. The conference is brought to you as a result of the collaboration of Bellberry, PRAXIS Australia and […]
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Bellberry Education Weekend 2016
13 & 14 August 2016, The Science Exchange Adelaide This year as a representation of the growing areas of clinical trial activity, the themes of the HREC Member Education Weekend were Genetics and Stem Cells. The event was extremely well received with nearly 70 people, many from interstate, in attendance. Excellent speakers presented extremely interesting […]
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Jeans for Genes Day at Bellberry!
Today Bellberry staff again donned their jeans in support of national Jeans for Genes day. Jeans for Genes (Australia) was born in 1994 to support research into genetic diseases, birth defects and cancers at Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI). Jeans for Genes Day is held on the first Friday in August each year and continues […]
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Australasian Ethics Network Conference
AEN Conference Nov 2016 CALL FOR PAPERS INVITED FROM ACADEMIC AND HEALTH CARE RESEARCH ETHICS AND RESEARCH SECTORS It is a pleasure to invite you to join us at the 2016 AEN Conference to be held in Adelaide’s rapidly growing research hub. The conference is brought to you as a result of the collaboration of […]
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Bellberry Board Member Awarded an AM
Congratulations to Bellberry board member Malcolm Crompton who was awarded an AM in the Queen’s 2016 birthday honour’s list! Malcolm received the award ‘For significant service to public administration, particularly to data protection, privacy and identity management, and to the community’ (details below). The Bellberry team wishes Malcolm heartfelt congratulations for a well deserved recognition […]
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Bellberry Celebrates International Clinical Trials Day
International Clinical Trials Day – 20 May The Bellberry office team again commemorated this significant day with a ‘Clinical Trials’ themed afternoon tea. International Clinical Trials Day is held on 20 May each year to commemorate the day that James Lind began his trials into the causes of scurvy. Lind’s experiments in 1747 were run […]
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Bellberry at ARCS 2016
11 – 12 May, Sydney Bellberry were again delighted to exhibit and present at this popular two day event. CEO, Kylie Sproston, Operations Manager Trina O’Donnell, National PICF Project Manager Simon Windsor and Committee Chair Annette Braunack-Mayer all attended this event along with Praxis CEO Melanie Gentgall. Kylie Sproston chaired the day 1 session, ‘Emerging […]
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Human Research Ethics Committees
Discover how Bellberry's committees operate and maintain the highest ethical standards in research.
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Monitoring & Quality
Learn about Bellberry's continuous improvement and oversight processes that ensure accountability.
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Grant Activities
See how Bellberry reinvests in research education and participant-focused initiatives.
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