Health Sciences Faculty Research Office & Research Ethics Office

April 2018

UCT & FHS research office structures

DVC Research &Internationalisation

Deputy DeanResearch

ExecutiveDirector Research

Director ResearchContracts & Innovation

Research Contracts& Innovation

UCT ResearchOffice

Faculty ResearchOffice

Faculty ResearchEthics Office

UCTCentral structuresFaculty of Health Sciences structures

Faculty Research Office

Manager: Research Administration

Faculty Manager: Research Enterprise

Deputy Dean: Research

Project Manager: Grant Writing

Research Administration Officer

Research Ethics Office staff

Administrative Assistant: Research Information

Faculty Research Office: Structure & roles

• Structure:– Faculty Manager: Research Administration (Carlette Hlungwani)– Faculty Manager: Research Enterprise (Yolande Harley)– Project Manager: Grant Writing (David Choveaux)– Administrator: Research Information (Jacqui Steadman)– Research Administrative Officer (Vacant)– [Faculty Research Ethics Office]

• Roles:– Strategy & governance– Research funding support– Research information & reporting– Regulatory & compliance– Events & stakeholder liaison Vacant

Contact: research.health@uct.ac.za

• Strategic Plan for Research• Faculty Research Committee (FRC) administration• Support for Faculty Research Enterprise & FRC budget

management/allocation (with Res. Finance)

• Development of policies & guidelines• Representation on committees & working groups (e.g.

PHRC, CROM, ERA PIC)

• Ad hoc FHS/UCT strategic projects

Strategy & governance

• Support for proposals/awards at level of:– FHS– UCT (URC/UEC)– national funders– international funders– national/international collaborative funding

• Recurring grants• Large/complex grants & emerging researcher support• Philanthropic funding

Research funding support

• Pre-award grants management– Main schemes:

• FHS Postdoctoral Fellowships, Harry Crossley Fellowships, CRG-Novartis Fellowships, UEC Awards; also assist with NRF Career Advancement Fellowships and MRC Career Development Awards

– Incentive schemes:• Best Publication Awards, Postgraduate Publication Incentive Awards,

ad hoc awards (e.g. SFARS Awards; FRC Strategic Research Funding Awards)

– Research Ethics Office:• MRC SIR Awards, PRF Awards, CANSA Awards

• Assist Central: NRF CSRR, CSUR & Thuthuka schemes

Research funding support – Recurring grants

Research funding support – Large/complex grants & emerging researcher support

• Sourcing & advertising calls, preparing timelines/sign-offs• Coordinating multi-department / -institution submissions• Internal selection for ‘limited no.’ submissions (e.g. SARChI,

MRC Flagship, URC Research Institute, NRF SREP)

• Grant writing & advisory service• Funding seminars & workshops

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• FHS contribution to annual publication count• Research-related information (facts & statistics)

• Research reports (e.g. annual senate submission)

• Support for research communications• FHS-relevant configuration of UCT ERA system• FHS 1st point of contact for research-related help/advice• Scientometric assessments• FHS research webpages

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• C1 form review & approval• Letters of support• Research Ethics Office management

– Human ethics, animal ethics, biosafety

• Ad hoc research issues (e.g. no-fault insurance, permits, research fairness, fraud & corruption)

Regulatory & compliance

• Research events– Seminars, workshops, research days

• External stakeholder liaison– Collaborators, partners, government(s), funders– Organisation of delegation visits– UCT/FHS research presentations– Information pack preparation for Deanery & VC/DVC’s office

• Internal stakeholder liaison– Central Research Office, RC&I, DAD, Postgraduate Funding

Office, VC/DVC’s office, ICTS, UCT Libraries

Events & stakeholder liaison

Research Ethics Office

Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)The HREC oversees the safety, rights and welfare of humanparticipants in research and compliance with the Department ofHealth and US Federal Wide AssuranceChair: Prof Marc Blockman

Animal Research Ethics Committee (AREC)The AREC ensures research proposals involving the use ofanimals undergo rigorous scientific and ethical review processesand comply with SANS 10386Chair: Prof Patrick Commerford

Faculty Biosafety Committee (FBC)The FBC reviews risks and containment levels, and accompanying procedures associated with the proposed research relating to risk to human health and potential harm to the environmentChair: A/Prof Digby Warner

Faculty Research Ethics Committees

Research Ethics Office: Structure

• Faculty Research Admin Manager (Carlette Hlungwani)

• Research Ethics Manager (Sidney Engelbrecht)

• Research Ethics Supervisor (Lamees Emjedi)

• Animal Research Ethics Administrator (Nosi Tsama)

• Human Research Ethics Administrator (Shuretta Thomas)

• Admin Assistant (Sumayah Ariefdien)

• Secretary (Theresa Rossouw)

Research Ethics Office: Roles

• Service research ethics committees• Administer post- & undergraduate research ethics

approvals• Regulatory & compliance• Process research grants (MRC self-initiated, PRF, CANSA)

Human Research Ethics Number of studies reviewed in past 5 years

Years Total

2016 903

2015 927

2014 947

2013 768

2012 662

Thank you