Ethics, regulation and public involvement committee
The Ethics, Regulation and Public Involvement Committee provides the MRC Council with expert ethical advice on a wide range of issues relating to medical research. For example, in early 2005 it looked at the scientific community’s concerns about the impact of excessive bureaucracy and regulation on research involving patients and produced a Policy & governance MRC position statement on this topic. The statement document was then discussed at a public MRC Council meeting in February 2005.
Terms of reference
1. To advise Council on policy concerning the conduct of research involving human participants (including personal information and human biological material) with respect to:
- ethics,
- legislation and regulation, and
- other related matters that may be referred to it by Council.
2. To advise Council on issues or initiatives involving the public (such as major public consultations, public dialogue activities, and public involvement in MRC business).
3. To maintain an overview of published MRC ethics guidance on the conduct of research that involves human participants
4 To advise Council on the MRC’s support for the Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Membership
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Lord Naren Patel (Chair) |
House of Lords |
Professor Richard Ashcroft |
Queen Mary's School of Medicine & Dentistry |
Professor Carol Dezateux |
Institute of Child Health |
Mr Jonathon Glasson |
Lawyer, Matrix Chambers |
Dr David Lalloo |
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine |
Professor Sheila McLean |
University of Glasgow |
Professor Tom Meade |
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
Professor Mike Parker |
Director of Ethox Centre, Oxford |
Professor Martin Rossor |
UCL Institute of Neurology |
Mrs Shahwar Sadeque |
Educational and IT Consultant |