The Research Ethics Committee of the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Alberto Santos Dumont (CEP/ISD) was created on February 3, 2020 and registered by the National Research Ethics Committee – CONEP on September 28, 2020, under number 10147.

The CEP is a deliberative, consultative and educational body, constituted in the ISD as an interdisciplinary, independent collegiate and of public relevance. O The purpose of the Committee is to pronounce itself, in the ethical aspect, on all research work carried out with human beings at the Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Alberto Santos Dumont or at any other Institutions, providing support, mainly, to research carried out within the scope of its own units of the Institute – the Edmond and Lily Safra International Neuroscience Institute and the Anita Garibaldi Center for Health Education and Research.

The body's role is to defend the interests of research participants in their integrity and dignity, aiming to create a concrete policy on proposed investigations in the health area.

The work of all CEP/ISD members it is voluntary and independent, seeking to defend the interests of research participants in their integrity and dignity, contributing to the development of research in linked institutions within ethical standards.

The mandate of committee members is three years, with renewal permitted. 

Submitting projects for review

Research projects involving human beings, directly or indirectly, must be submitted to this Committee via Brazil Platform, according to Resolution of the National Health Council (CNS) No. 466, of December 12, 2012, and Resolution No. 510, of April 07, 2016. 

Among the projects that do not need to be evaluated by the Committee are: public opinion surveys with unidentified participants, census surveys and surveys that use public domain data (according to article 1 of Res 510/16 CNS).

Meetings

CEP/ISD meetings normally take place once a month. Click to access the forecast calendar for the years 2020, 2021, 2022 It is 2023, 2024. AND here to view the Committee Internal Rules.