Research office — Wellington, Hutt and Kapiti
Our research office encourages, facilitates and monitors research, works with our partner institutions, and performs administrative roles such as setting policy running the Clinical Trials Unit.
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About the research office
The research office works with research teams from:
- Clinical Trials Unit
- cardiology
- intensive care unit
- neonatal intensive care unit
- Centre for Endocrine, Diabetes and Obesity Research
- gastroenterology
- orthopaedics
- haematology
- radiation oncology
- medical oncology.
We have strong links with external research institutions, including University of Otago Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington, the Malaghan Institute and the Medical Institute of New Zealand and many other local and global partners.
Research areas
Our research office has access to a wide range of clinical specialists and networks for single-centre and multi-centre clinical research trials.
Research guidelines and processes
Research studies and clinical trials must follow Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora as well as global ethical and technical guidelines. We can help make sure your research adheres to these regulations.
Research Advisory Group — Māori
Research Advisory Group — Māori
Māori review of research is a legislative and ethical requirement for research conducted in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The Research Advisory Group — Māori (RAG-M) review all research in the Greater Wellington region.
RAG-M is a subcommittee of the Māori Partnership Board (MPB). Through this group, we engage with local iwi representatives to consider research proposals from a Māori perspective.
Health and Disability Ethics Committees (HDECs)
Health and Disability Ethics Committees (HDECs)
Health and Disability Ethics Committees (HDECs) are ministerial committees whose function is to secure the benefits of health and disability research by checking that it meets or exceeds established ethical standards.
In doing so, HDECs must act by the procedural rules contained in the standard operating procedures for Health and Disability Ethics Committees.
International Council of Harmonisation (ICH) Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
International Council of Harmonisation (ICH) Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
The International Council of Harmonisation (ICH) Good Clinical Practice (GCP) is the international ethical and quality standard describing the responsibilities and expectations for the conduct of research involving human participants, including the design, execution, recording and reporting of clinical trials.
The standard is consistent with principles that have their origin in the World Medical Association's Declaration of Helsinki and compliance provides assurance of the protection of the rights of research participants, the integrity of study data and the conclusiveness of study results.
Read the International Council of Harmonisation's Good Clinical Practice guidelines on the ICH website.
Efficacy guidelines — International Council of Harmonisation (external link)
Contact us
To contact the research office:
- phone 04 918 5117
- fax 04 385 5496
- email res-research@ccdhb.org.nz
Research office manager: Raulle Sol Cruz
Visit us in the Clinical Services Block at Wellington Regional Hospital. Take the purple lifts to Level 8.
Wellington Regional Hospital maps — Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora (external link)
Opening hours: 8am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.