Ethics, Biosafety and Integrity

Expert advice and approvals to help you conduct research and collaborate with confidence and integrity.

Exceptional research begins with integrity.

At La Trobe, we are committed to supporting researchers to conduct ethical, responsible and high-quality research that meets the highest standards of excellence while creating meaningful impact for communities.

Our Ethics, Integrity and Biosafety team works alongside researchers and their partners throughout the research lifecycle, providing expert advice, guidance and approvals that enable researchers to proceed with confidence.

Whether you're planning a new project, working with human participants or animals, managing biosafety requirements, undertaking a clinical trial or navigating governance obligations, we're here to help.

We provide support across:

Research Integrity Hub

Research Integrity Hub

Fostering responsible research practices and supporting a culture of excellence, transparency and accountability.

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Human Research Ethics

Human Research Ethics

Guidance and ethics review for research involving people, their data or biological materials.

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Animal Ethics

Animal Ethics

Ensuring the ethical care and use of animals in research and teaching.

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Biosafety, Biosecurity and Gene Technology

Biosafety, Biosecurity and Gene Technology

Supporting safe and compliant research involving biological materials and genetically modified organisms.

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Research Security

Research Security

Advice on legislative obligations and compliance for sensitive research activities

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Risk Based Monitoring

Risk Based Monitoring

Helping ensure research is conducted safely, ethically and in accordance with regulatory requirements

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Our goal is to make ethics and governance an enabler of great research - not a barrier. By providing expert advice, practical resources and responsive support, we help researchers navigate requirements efficiently so they can focus on advancing knowledge and delivering research that makes a difference.

Our research partners can access information about how we govern research and assure research quality, ethics and compliance in our research policy library, including our research governance policy and framework.

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