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  • Research Units
    • Allied and Community Health
    • Anaesthetics
    • Emergency Medicine
    • Intensive Care
    • Medicine and Specialties
    • Paediatrics
    • Pharmacy
    • Professorial Academic Unit
    • Radiology
    • Surgery and Specialties
    • Women’s Health
  • Ethics & Governance
    • Office for Research
    • New Ethics Applications
    • New Governance Applications
    • Post Approval Submissions
    • Forms, Policies & Templates
    • Human Research Ethics Committee
  • Clinical Trials
    • Partner with Peninsula Health
    • Participating in Research
    • Search for a Clinical Trial
  • Support Our Work
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Participating in Research

You may be asked to participate in a research project which may include:

  • Completing a survey
  • Participating in an interview
  • Taking new medication
  • Participating in a new treatment

If you participate in the research, the project will be fully explained to you and depending on the type of research you may be asked to sign a consent form.
Participation is voluntary and you can withdraw at any time without it affecting your normal care or treatment.
All research is conducted in accordance with confidentiality and privacy requirements and is approved by a Human Research Ethics Committee.
Peninsula Health requires that everyone who participates in a research project, is offered a copy of the results, or advised where they can be obtained when the project is completed.
Not everyone who participates in a research study will personally benefit.  Your participation may benefit the community by helping researchers to learn more about a certain disease or condition, a new treatment or a better way to provide care or services. 
However, in some studies, you may personally benefit. 
There is virtually no risk to you in completing a survey but testing a new drug or treatment could carry a risk.
Any potential risk or benefit of participating in a research project will be fully explained to you before you commence. 
The Human Research Ethics Committee ensures that research is ethically sound and as safe for participants as it can possibly be, before it is approved.

For Further Information
Consumers Health Forum:
www.chf.org.au 

National Health and Medical Research Council:
www.australianclinicaltrials.gov.au

Cancer Organisations: 
www.australiancancertrials.gov.au/
www.cancervic.org.au/

At Peninsula Health:
Ask your treating team or contact Office for Research: researchethics@phcn.vic.gov.au

Contact us

Director of Research
Professor Velandai Srikanth
velandai.srikanth@monash.edu
(03) 9788 1722

Manager, Office for Research
Lee-Anne Clavarino
lclavarino@phcn.vic.gov.au
(03) 9784 2679

Ethics and Governance
HREC@phcn.vic.vic.au

Research Governance
RGO@phcn.vic.gov.au
(03) 9784 2680

Office 2Q09, Ngarnga Centre
PO Box 52
Frankston Hospital
Frankston VIC, 3199

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