The University of the Witwatersrand, Human Research Ethics Committee: (Medical) is an independent committee which provides ethics approval and oversight for all research at the University of a medical nature, involving human participants, conducted under its responsibility in accordance with the South African Ethics in Health Research Guidelines: Principles, Processes and Structures, 2024, 3rd Edition (NDoH 2024), the South African Good Clinical Practice: Clinical Trial Guidelines. Third Edition (SA GCP 2020), ICH GCP E6(R3) 06 January 2025, World Medical Association, Declaration of Helsinki 2024, and Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries (ABPI 2014).
HREC Application forms, submission requirements, templates and SOPs for grant and commercially funded study applications, can be viewed and downloaded from this website.
Please click on the links below to find out more about the WHC Regulatory Secretariat services: