Helsinki committee

The role of the Helsinki Committee is to approve any medical experiment on humans, which will be conducted in the hospital. Its role is to ensure the rights, safety and well-being of the participants in the medical trial, by examining and approving the medical trial as well as monitoring the course of the trial, including the applicable changes in the safety assessment of the research product, the trial protocol, the informed consent form, etc.

The committee consists of 28 members whose details are provided in the attached document. Among them are public representatives who are religious figures or legal professionals, physicians who are department heads or hold professorial degrees, members of well-known medical schools, internal medicine specialists, pharmacists, nurses, and representatives of the administration.

The committee reviews and approves around 400 new research studies annually at Sheba Medical Center. Additionally, the committee monitors approximately 1000 active research projects each year.