SECONDMENTS FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOETHICS RESEARCH CENTRE OF CLINICAL RESEARCH EXCELLENCE (CCRE) IN INFECTION AND BIOETHICS IN HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNENCIES The CCRE is a multi-centre research collaboration with a special focus on bioethics which consists of four research sites affiliated with the University of Sydney, including the Western Clinical School at Westmead Hospital, The Children’s Hospital Westmead, the National Centre for Immunisation Research, and the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine (VELIM).  The research collaboration will develop surveillance methods and interventions to improve infection-related outcomes in malignant haematology and bone marrow transplantation, with interdisciplinary bioethics research underpinning all major themes.  Nursing, medical, scientific, health policy, public health, or allied health personnel, or others working in relevant areas are invited to participate via a secondment program in a variety of bioethical and social research projects. Potential areas of bioethics research include: Peripheral blood stem cell and bone marrow donation Prevention and management of respiratory viral infections Development of inclusion and exclusion criteria for bone marrow transplant programs Decision-making in cancer care The meaning and limits of consent in clinical research in bone marrow transplantation (adult and/or paediatric) Secondments are available for professionals to expand their knowledge and research experience in bioethics, and to develop ongoing research programs in the area.  Projects will typically run for eight weeks (full-time or part-time equivalent), and will be supervised by relevant chief investigators within the CCRE, who include Associate Professor Ian Kerridge and Dr Rachel Ankeny.  Secondment salaries will be commensurate with current salary scale, and appointments will be by academic nomination. For more information or to lodge an expression of interest for a CCRE secondment in bioethics, please contact Dr Chris Jordens, Clinical Research Fellow. Ph 0434 07 07 88 or email: cjordens@med.usyd.edu.au.