Research Ethics Office
Research Ethics Office
About Research Ethics Office
The AHRI-ALERT research ethics review committee (AAERC) is established in accordance with
international research guidelines to review, approve and monitor research involving human
subjects. Its primary responsibility is to ensure the rights, safety, and benefits of participation
(minimizes harm with possible maximization of benefits) of research participants in research
involving humans. The Research Ethics Office (REO) is established to assist and hasten the work
of this committee. The AAERC is an independent committee responsible for the ethical conduct
of research works in compliance with the relevant laws, guidelines, policies and best practices
to ensure that the participation of individuals/community groups is protected against their
involuntary participation and risk.
Staff Composition
01 office head,
01 Admin secretary,
01 secretary with open positions for assistant researchers to senior researchers
Committee Composition
Thirteen; 10 affiliated and 3 non-affiliated professionally diverse and gender balanced review members including 2 community representatives. The committee is functioning optimally with internationally established ethical standards and national guidelines to meet the needs of researchers. The committee regularly meets monthly and may also meet when needed to speed up review. The committee has received recognition from the strategic Initiative for Developing Capacity in Ethics Review (SIDCER) since 2009 with support from WHO/TDR and updated its renewal recently in November 2023.