Overview
Health and Disability Ethics Committee ( HDEC )
A process of peer review has been developed for all health research carried out in the joint research environment of the Dunedin School of Medicine and Te Whatu Ora – Southern. Each research project must be reviewed by the relevant Peer Review Committee according to the Department Guidelines below.
Peer Review Committee chairpersons
Department of General Practice and Rural Health
Professor Tim StokesPlease direct all applications and enquiries to
Email gprhresearch@otago.ac.nz
Department of Medicine
Professor Michael Williams
Please direct all applications and enquiries to
Email medicine.research-administrator@otago.ac.nz
Department of Pathology
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine
Associate Professor Rebecca McLean
Department of Psychological Medicine
Associate Professor Tess Patterson
Department of Surgical Sciences
Department of Women's and Children's Health
Non-DSM researchers
Health Research South
Peer review documents
- Template: Request for review from researcher to Peer Review Committee Chair (Word)
- Template: Letter from Peer Review Committee Chair to reviewer (Word)
- Template: Results of review from Peer Review Committee Chair to researcher (Word)
- Peer review: Department Guidelines (PDF)
- Peer review: Department template (Word)
- Department record sheet (Excel)