No clearance?
No data collection.
It’s that simple.
Introducing the DUT-IREC
• Postgraduate Research Ethics Administrator: • Chairperson:
Ms Lavisha Deonarian [email protected] Prof Pfano Mashau [email protected]
• Undergraduate Research Ethics Administrator: • Deputy Chairperson:
Ms Kimera Naicker [email protected] Dr T E Khoza [email protected]
• Independent/Reciprocal Research Ethics Administrator: • Research Ethics Manager:
Ms T P Ngubane [email protected] Ms B P P Khumalo [email protected]
• Gatekeeper permission Administrator:
All new applications and queries must be submitted to the
Ms S J Mntambo [email protected] [email protected] email address
Routing of Proposals for Ethics Clearance:
1 2 3 4
DUT - IREC
Develop Proposal DRC Approval FRC Approval Submission (PG2a
& Appendices)
Submission of
6
Provisional
5 8
gatekeeper
7
Ethics Review Approval subject permission letter Full Ethics
Process to submission of and results of pilot Clearance
gatekeeper and study for full
pilot study approval
9 Commence Data
Collection 10 Recertification
(if ongoing after
1 year)
11
Amendments
to approved
proposal
12
Completion
of Study
Submission
(if any)
"If in doubt, don’t start—submit for ethics first!"