About Us

The Ethics Review Committee (ERC) of CINEC campus is the first ever Ethical Review committee in non-state higher education sector established in 2020 with the objective to safeguard the rights and safety of all human subjects participating in biomedical research; and to promote standards of human research through ethical, efficient and effective review and monitoring processes in accordance with the guidelines of the Forum of Ethics Review Committees in Sri Lanka (FERCSL Guidelines).

The Ethics Review Committee (ERC) of CINEC shall provide oversight on all matters relating to ethics of research projects involving human subjects, ensure that the fundamental principles of research viz. autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice are adhered to in research involving human subjects and provide independent, competent, timely ethics review and monitoring of research projects involving human subjects.