The Aboriginal Health Research & Ethics Committee (AHREC) promotes and supports quality research which will benefit Aboriginal people.

The Committee was established in 1986, following concerns by the then Aboriginal Health Organisation of South Australia, about the increasing number of research proposals and research being conducted in Aboriginal communities in South Australia.

Its objective is to monitor and coordinate medical and health research in Aboriginal communities in South Australia, to offer advice to communities on the ethics, methodology and potential benefits of research proposals and to review research needs of Aboriginal communities in order to determine priorities for research.

Proposals to conduct health-related research involving Aboriginal people or communities in South Australia need to be submitted to the AHREC even if approval has been or will be obtained from the researcher's institution.

The AHREC is recognised by the National Health and Medical Research Council as a Research Ethics Committee.

For further information - download pdf here.

To view AHREC meeting dates - download pdf here.

To complete an Application Form - download pdf here.

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Feel free to contact Alwin Chong, Senior Research & Ethics Officer on telephone (08) 8132 6700 or alwin.chong@ahcsa.org.au