The UKZN Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BREC) is based at the UKZN Research Office, Westville Campus.

There is currently one vacancy for a social scientist on BREC. This is an unpaid voluntary position.

Suitably qualified members of the university and/or community are invited to apply to serve as a volunteer member of BREC for a period of three years, renewable.

BREC meets monthly and there is a considerable workload of up to 1-4 hours per week between meetings. Rapid turnaround is required on all BREC work. Basic training in research ethics will be provided. Scheduled BREC meetings are mainly held at the Research Office of the Westville campus of UKZN. Postgraduate research opportunities in research ethics are possible.

ALL MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH RELATED SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH.

The current vacancy requires a person with the following skills:

Health related social sciences, preferably with a completed PhD in a related field such as Psychology or Social Work.

BREC is registered as a Research Ethics Committee with the National Health Research Ethics Council of the SA Department of Health, and with the US Office for Human Research Protections. BREC activities comply with these bodies. See BREC website for details on BREC Terms of Reference and Standard Operating Procedures

http://research.ukzn.ac.za/Research-Ethics/Biomedical-Research-Ethics.aspx

Please send a short (max 1p.) motivation and current CV to the senior BREC administrator, Ms Anusha Marimuthu marimuthu@ukzn.ac.za by 15th September 2014. Applications will be reviewed by a BREC subcommittee and notified of outcomes.

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