Ethics Committees
Ethics Committee of Mendel University in Brno
Human Research Ethics Committee
Ethics Committee for the Treatmemt of Animals
Ethics Committee of Mendel University in Brno
The Ethics Committee is established to consider complaints regarding compliance with the Code of Conduct for employees, students and graduates
It is the Rector's advisory committee according to the Statutes of Mendel University in Brno
Chairman: doc. Mgr. Jan Zouhar, Ph.D., contact information
Other members of the Committee
The organisation, conduct and activities of the Ethics Committee shall be governed by The Rules of Procedure of the Ethics Committee.
Send suggestions to the email of the committee chair.
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Human Research Ethics Committee
The Committee deals with the ethical aspects of research activities involving human subjects, with the exception of activities falling within the scope of the Ethics Committee at Mendel University in Brno.
The Committee assesses the expected scientific merit of the research, the design, suitability and feasibility of the research project, and approves research projects involving human subjects.
The Committee pays particular attention to the protection of vulnerable or dependent persons involved in research.
In addition, the Committee serves as an advisory body, therefore, researchers may consult ethical aspects of their projects with this Committee as well.
Chairwoman: prof. Dr. Ing. Milada Šťastná, contact information
Other members of the Committee
The organisation, conduct and activities of the Ethics Committee shall be governed by Statutes and Rules of Procedure of the Human Subject Research Ethics Committee.
Applications for evaluation of a research project should be sent to the email predsedaKELS@mendelu.cz.
If your project involves the processing of personal data (GDPR) and you would like advice in this area, please contact dpo@mendelu.cz (contact email address of the Data Protection Officer). For more information regarding the processing of personal data (GDPR), please see here.
Assessment documents:
- Application for assessment of a research project - with this form you can contact the Ethics Committee for Research with Human Subjects for a risk assessment of the research project.
Risks assessed: misleading of participants/misleading information, unreasonable risk of harm to participants compared to its scientific value, participation of vulnerable persons (children, dependent persons, ...) - Informed consent - a template form to be prepared in advance for the participants and also submitted to the EC for research with human subjects. (Not necessary in case of anonymous questionnaires.)
- Consent to the processing of personal data - This form must be prepared when information (or combinations of data) may lead to the identification of a person (e.g. email address, location data, IP address, date of birth, video recording, audio recording) or when sensitive information such as personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health-related data, data relating to sex life or sexual orientation is processed as part of a research project.
Ethics Committee for the Treatmemt of Animals
The Committee carries out the activities defined by Act No. 246/1992 Coll., on the protection of animals against cruelty.
The following expert Committees are located at Mendel University in Brno:
Expert Committee for the Welfare of Experimental (Laboratory) Animals of Mendel University in Brno
Chairman: prof. MVDr. Zbyšek Sládek, Ph.D., contact information
Expert Committee for Welfare of Experimental (Wild) Animals of Mendel University in Brno
Chairman: doc. Ing. Luboš Purchart, Ph.D., contact information
Expert Committee for Ensuring the Welfare of Experimental Animals for the University Agriculture Enterprise in Žabčice of Mendel University in Brno
Chairman: Ing. Martin Hošek, Ph.D., contact information
Expert Committee for the Welfare of Experimental Animals at External Departments for Teaching and Research of Mendel University in Brno
Chairman: Ing. Vojtěch Pešan, Ph.D. contact information
The organisation, conduct and activities of the Ethics Committee shall be governed by Statutes and Rules of Procedure of Ethics Committees for the Treatment of Animals, which are expert committees for ensuring the welfare of experimental animals at Mendel University in Brno.
Submitted experimental projects and their non-technical summaries should be sent to the committee chairs by email (see contacts above).
Supporting materials:
- Important information and materials can be obtained from the Department of Agriculture, Animal Protection - Experimental Projects, where you can also find the APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT pursuant to Section 16a of Act No. 246/1992 Coll., on the Protection of Animals against Cruelty, as amended.
Contacts
Support to researchers in this area is provided by the Department Research and Development.
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Ing. Alžběta Chlumová, alzbeta.chlumova@mendelu.cz
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Mgr. Kamila Vašíčková, kamila.vasickova@mendelu.cz