Ethics Advisory Group (UQEAG)

The University of Queensland Ethics Advisory Group (UQEAG) provides a consultative resource for review of ethical matters that arise from activities of the University, its staff and students that are not related to human or animal research ethics.

The UQEAG does not provide ethics approval for projects and does not provide legal advice. It is a consultative forum where matters of ethics can be shared, discussed, explored and analysed in an open, collaborative and confidential manner.

The functions of the Ethics Advisory Group are to:

Provide ethics advice to, and oversight of, the UQ School of Anatomy.
Support and enhance the decision-making processes of the University with respect to complex ethics issues that are not related to research ethics.
Support staff by providing opinion and advice on an ethically defensible process for arriving at an ethically justifiable decision.
Review policies or standard operating procedures that strengthen the capacity of the University to provide care or service grounded in the values, mission and vision of the University.
Recommend guidelines for specific ethics issues that arise in a non-research context. The group may identify and make recommendations related to systems-level factors that induce or exacerbate ethics problems and/or impede their resolution.
Promote a positive ethics culture and ethical leadership at UQ through its operations

The UQEAG Terms of Reference are available here (PDF, 222.2 KB)

Membership

Name	Membership	Expertise
Hon. Professor Andrew Crowden	Chair	Andrew Crowden is Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland’s School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry and an Adjunct Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) where he is Chairperson of the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC). He is Chairperson of the University of Queensland Ethics Advisory Group (UQEAG), an Executive member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Research Ethics Committee and a member of CSIRO’s Australian Health Biobank Advisory Group.
Dr Marc Kamke	Ex-officio	Dr Marc Kamke is the Director of Research Ethics and Integrity at The University of Queensland and brings to the group experience in research ethics, compliance and integrity.
Professor Bronwyn Fredericks	Ex-officio	Professor Bronwyn Fredericks is Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) and brings to the group experience from the tertiary sector, State and Federal Governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations.
Professor Craig Franklin	Ex-officio	Professor Craig Franklin is an ecophysiologist and conservation biologist, President of Academic Board and a Professor in Biological Sciences at The University of Queensland. He brings 35 years of experience in conducting animal studies.
Professor Fred D'Agostino	Member	Fred D’Agostino is Professor Emeritus of Humanities and brings to the group expertise in the ethics of social science research from a background of political philosophy and social epistemology. His recent work has been on the academic disciplines, objectivity, complexity, and diversity.
Associate Professor Jennifer Hayes	Member (External)	Jennifer Hayes is Associate Professor of Topographic Anatomy at the University of Melbourne, with over 25 years of teaching experience in anatomy. Her vast experience includes establishing the Commemorative Thanksgiving Service for the Body Donor Program, management roles in the Body Donor Program and Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology and implementing programs for health students at several universities in Phnom Penh.
Ms Kate Henderson	Member (External)	Kate Henderson is a lay member of the group with experience in the Human Research Ethics Committee at The University of Queensland.
Dr David Kirchhoffer	Member (External)	David Kirchhoffer is the Director of the Queensland Bioethics Centre, bringing to the group expertise in biology, psychology and theological ethics.
Dr Anh Tho Tien	Member (External)	Anh Tho Tien has a background in science, environmental chemistry and natural resources as well as experience in the Human Research Ethics Committee.
Professor Malcom Parker	Member	Malcolm Parker is Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics at University of Queensland, having established the Discipline of Medical Ethics, Law and Professional Practice in the School of Medicine. He was the inaugural president of the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law, and was in general medical practice for over 30 years.
Dr Lorraine Muller	Member (External)	Dr Lorraine Muller is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow and the School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University. She has expertise in Indigenous Ethics and Engagement and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander matters as well as Australian cultural identities.
Mr Kevin Williams	Member (External)	Kevin Williams is the Chairperson of the Human Research Ethics Committee Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and brings to the group knowledge in Indigenous Ethics and Engagement and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander matters.
Dr Bernadette Richards	Member	Associate Professor Bernadette Richards is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Professionalism, and Director Higher Degree Research at the UQ Medical School. Until recently she was the President of the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL). She has previously worked on the Future Health Technologies Project at the Singapore ETH Centre, focusing on trustworthy data governance and held a position at Adelaide University Law School for many years. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at the Queensland University of Technology has contributed to several health policy committees and research initiatives.

Ethics Advisory Group (UQEAG)

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