Wits Human Research Ethics Committee – Medical

As the SOP’s are updated regularly please check this site for revisions.

1. Policy Document (January 2025) - [POL-HREC-001v1] (PDF)
2. HREC Approval (January 2025) - [SOP-HREC-001v1]: (PDF)
3. Process for Recertification (January 2025) - [SOP-HREC-002v1]: (PDF)
4. HREC Composition and Quorum (February 2025) - [SOP-HREC-003v1]: (PDF)
5. Compliance Queries Deviations Violations (January 2025) - [SOP-HREC-004v1]: (PDF)
6. Safety Reporting (September 2025) - [SOP-HREC-005v3]: (PDF)
7. Amendments (January 2025) - [SOP-HREC-006v1]: (PDF)
8. Study Reports (January 2025) - [SOP-HREC-007v1]: (PDF)
9. FGD IDI AUDIO (January 2025) - [SOP-HREC-008v1]: (PDF)
10. Good Clinical Practice (GCP) (January 2025) - [SOP-HREC-010v1]: (PDF)
11. Transport Storage and Future Research (May 2025) - [SOP-HREC.012v1]: (PDF)
12. Ethics Training (June 2025) - [SOP-HREC-013v2]: (PDF)
13. Social Media (January 2025) - [SOP-HREC-014v1]: (PDF)
14. Human Research Ethics Committee Principles and Policy on Biobanks: This is dealt with by the Biobank Ethics Committee, a Subcommittee of the HREC (Medical) . For Application Forms for the approval of a Biobank/Storage/Retrieval/Transfer of HBM, please contact Ms Tanya Coetzee or Mr Rhulani Mkansi at: HREC-Medical.ResearchOffice@wits.ac.za – 011 717 1252/2700/1234/2656 or by following this link