Six students were awarded HRC Ethics Summer Studentships in 2011/12. The purpose of the studentship is to enable a student to train during the summer break with a research team and have the opportunity to explore ethical issues that face New Zealand.
The latest issue of Ethics Notes (PDF 956kb) contains an overview of each of the following projects that received funding:
Robert Cole - University of Otago, Dunedin
Supervisor: Professor Gareth Jones - University of Otago, Dunedin
Should national antenatal screening for Down’s syndrome be publicly funded and provided for all pregnancies?
Frédéric Dichtel - University of Waikato
Supervisor: Dr Carol C Barber – University of Waikato
Informed consent in practice: How do New Zealand parents make decisions about the use of stimulant medication for children with ADHD?
Robert Hunt - The University of Auckland
Supervisor: Associate Professor Tim Dare - The University of Auckland
Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Katrina Sharples - University of Otago, Dunedin
Reviewing the Health Research Council of New Zealand Data Monitoring Core Committee (DMCC)
Philip McKibbin - The University of Auckland
Supervisor: Associate Professor Tim Dare - The University of Auckland
Randomised comparison of two approaches to providing patients with information on clinical trials - The informed consent study
Michael Neufeld - AUT University
Supervisors: Dr Tineke Water and Dr Rosemary Godbold – AUT University
The ethical implications of the use of dissociative analgesia (ketamine) in paediatrics
Maeve Payne-Harker - University of Otago, Dunedin
Supervisor: Dr Jing Bao Nie - University of Otago, Dunedin
Co-supervisor: Dr Grant Gillet - University of Otago, Dunedin
The ethical equivalence of withdrawing and withholding care in terminally ill patients