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Research Ethics

It is the policy of the School of Dental Science that all research involving human participants or animals requires ethical approval and should comply with the guidelines set out in the Trinity College Dublin Good Research Practice Policy document. This policy covers the use of surveys and questionnaires for any participants (e.g. students, staff, patients), as well as clinical trials or observational studies. It is the School’s policy that research involving human participants must be approved by one of the following:

ALL STUDIES INVOLVING PATIENTS OF THE DUBLIN DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF THE CLINICAL DIRECTOR Dr Michael O'Sullivan (michael.o'sullivan@dental.tcd.ie) PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE ABOVE COMMITTEES.

School of Dental Science Ethics Committee

The committee consists of members of academic staff. All staff and research graduate students should apply to the committee via the TCD Research Ethics Application Management System (REAMS) https://ethics.tcd.ie/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2F

Undergraduates and students in taught postgraduate courses should download and complete the School of Dental Science Ethics Application Form. Application forms must be completed in full, reviewed and signed by the supervisor/principal investigators and submitted to the committee chair Dr Gary Moran (gpmoran@dental.tcd.ie) The committee will usually respond to applicants within 14 days of receipt of applications. Please find the link to the (Ethics Application Form)

Approval from other research ethics committees

When approval has been obtained from an external research ethics committee, a copy of the external ethical approval must be submitted to the Chair of the Dental School Ethics Committee (gpmoran@dental.tcd.ie) for noting by the School of Dental Science Research Ethics committee.