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The purpose of the Ethics Review Committee of Faculty of Livestock, Fisheries and Nutrition Wayamba University of Sri Lanka is to review research involving human participants, tissue and data thus to contribute to safeguarding the dignity, rights, safety, health and well-being of all actual or potential participants in the research. In reviewing of research involving animals, the main focus is the protecting of the well being of animals as well as treating them as humane as possible.

How we Function

The primary task of Ethics Review Committee lies in the review of research proposals and their supporting documents, with special attention given to the informed consent process, documentation, and the suitability and feasibility of the protocol.

ERC ensure the complete, independent, and timely evaluation of ethics of the proposed study before it carried out to make sure the following important aspects associated with research participants.

  • Protecting the respect for the dignity of persons who involving in the research.
  • Affording the objectives of research while ensuring the protection of the health, well-being, and care of research participants.
  • Demanding protocol modifications and obtaining informed consent where it is needed.
  • Distributing the Benefits and burdens of research fairly among all groups and classes in society, taking into account age, gender, economic status, culture, and ethnic considerations.
  • Carry out the review of proposed research before the commencement of the research and a regular evaluation of the ethics of ongoing studies.
  • Ethics Committee is responsible for acting in the full interest of potential research participants and concerned communities, taking into account the interests and needs of the researchers, and having due regard for the requirements of relevant regulatory agencies and applicable laws.

Faculty of Livestock Fisheries & Nutrition,
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka,
Makandura, Gonawila, 60170
Sri Lanka.

0312299870