Complaints

Complaints by research participants
Patients or other research participants who wish to complain about any aspect of a research project may contact either:

Dr Angela Watt
Manager, Human Research Ethics Committee
Research Directorate
Royal Melbourne Hospital City Campus
Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria, 3050.
Telephone: 03 9342 8530
Email: angela.watt@mh.org.au or research.directorate@mh.org.au

Or

Consumer Liaison Officer http://www.mh.org.au/Royal_Melbourne_Hospital/www/353/1001127/displayarticle/1001250.html

Melbourne Health
Royal Melbourne Hospital City Campus
Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria, 3050
Telephone: 03 9342 7806 or 03 9342 8927
Email: ben.black@mh.org.au

Complaints by researchers
If any members of a research team wish to complain about any aspect of a research project, the way it is being conducted, or about the handling/review of a project by the Human Research Ethics Committee, they should contact the Chairman or Manager of the Human Research Ethics Committee, in the first instance.

Chairman:
Professor Peter Colman
Telephone: 03 9342 7428
Email; peter.colman@mh.org.au

Manager:
Dr Angela Watt
Telephone: 03 9342 8530
Email: angela.watt@mh.org.au

Procedures for handling complaints are described in detail in the Guidelines for Handling Complaints in Research.

Melbourne Health also has guidelines about the responsible conduct of research which address matters such as management of research data, supervision of research trainees, publication and authorship, peer review, conflicts of interest and the handling of research misconduct and the framework for resolving allegations – Melbourne Health Guidelines for Research Practice 2007.