National Office for Research Ethics Committees: Member Campaign
Expressions of Interest call for members with expertise in specific areas is now open
The National Office is now seeking Expressions of Interest for Membership of the National Research Ethics Committees (NRECs) for members with expertise in the following areas:
- Biomedical Science
- Clinical Genetics
- Data Protection
- Gene Therapy
- Haematology
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Medical Engineering / Software Development
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Oncology
- Paediatric Medicine
- Pathology/ Histopathology
- Microbiology
- Molecular diagnostics
- Patient / Carer / Patient Organisation
- Pharmacology/ Pharmaceutical Medicine
- Public Health Medicine
- Radiology/ Radiation Oncology/ Radiation Therapy/ Medical Physics.
With the current call for Expressions of Interest, the National Office aims to expand membership of the existing NRECs in Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products, Clinical Investigations of Medical Devices and Performance studies of In-Vitro Diagnostic Devices to enable Ireland meeting its regulatory requirements under the under existing and imminent EU regulations, including the Clinical Trial Regulation (EU No 536/2014), Medical Device Regulation (EU No 2017/745) and In-Vitro Diagnostic Device Regulation (EU No 2017/746).
More information on the call is located at www.nrecoffice.ie/become-a-member and the attached Expression of Interest form. Please note, we welcome Expressions of Interest under this call until 25 March 2022.
If you are interested in putting forward an Expression of Interest and your area of expertise is not listed above, please check back here in the future or subscribe for website updates to be kept informed of future opportunities. As further NRECs will be established over time, we will be announcing additional calls for Expressions of Interest for Membership in the future.