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Ethics Review Equivalency (ERE) Task Team Workshop

The Ethics Review Equivalency (ERE) Task Team of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) Regulatory and Ethics Working Group met in Montreal, Canada in early May for a two-day workshop. The group, recently published a paper in the ethics review equivalency … Continue reading

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New Publication – ‘Precision medicine: Drowning in regulatory soup?’

Last week the paper ‘Precision medicine: drowning in regulatory soup?’, published in the Journal of Law and the Biosciences became available online. This paper, led by Professor Dianne Nicol and co-authored by 16 others from cross-disciplinary backgrounds including law, health … Continue reading

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Recent Milestones: ICGC 1000th Access 

Professor Chalmers recently reported that in March The International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) celebrated an important milestone, having provided it’s 1000th authorised user with access to the resource. The ICGC provides access for authorised researchers to over 2,400 genomes for … Continue reading

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Chalmers Presentation – Legal and Ethical Challenges of Precision Medicine in Hong Kong

Last week, Professor Donald Chalmers presented at the Conference on the Legal & Ethical Challenges of Precision Medicine at The University of Hong Kong. The Conference was held on the 7 – 8 April 2016, jointly hosted by the University of Cambridge Centre … Continue reading

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New PhD Student – Suzana Nashkova

As noted in the CLG Annual Report 2015-2016, the centre has recently welcomed a new student who has relocated from Macedonia to undertake a PhD in the field of intellectual property law. Suzana Nashkova will conduct her research under supervision from Professor Dianne Nicol … Continue reading

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CLG Annual Report 2015-2016

The CLG has released its first annual report outlining news and our the major achievements from the last year. It includes highlights from our PhDs, Projects and International Collaborations.  

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NHMRC Committees – Dianne Nicol Appointed

We are pleased and proud to announce that the CLG Director, Dianne Nicol has been appointed a member to two NHMRC Committees. She is the member in common on the NHMRC Principal Committee Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC) and the Embryo … Continue reading

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HeLEX Conference

Professors Dianne Nicol and Don Chalmers, along with PhD candidate Jan Charbonneau recently attended a HeLEX Conference at the University of Oxford in the UK ‘Translation in Healthcare Conference: Exploring the Impact of Emerging Technologies’ which ran from June 23-35. … Continue reading

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Congratulations – Prof Don Chalmers Elected to Fellowship of Academy of Health and Medical Sciences

The CLG’s very own Distinguished Professor, and former director of the CLG, Don Chalmers, has been elected to fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. He is currently the only non-medical /science academic to achieve this honour. … Continue reading

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Visiting Scholar – Dr Dinusha Mendis

The CLG hosted Dr Dinusha Mendis during February and March 2015. This was funded by a University of Tasmania Grant held by CLG Director, Dianne Nicol and Dr Jane Nielsen. Dr Mendis’ specialty is copyright and 3D printing. This collaboration will lead (amongst … Continue reading

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