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karen.melham@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk

Karen Melham

PhD

Quality Assurance and Compliance Director

Karen Melham is responsible for promoting quality and performance in OVG, particularly in relation to legal and regulatory obligations in research.

She worked for 10 years in the University sponsor office (Research Governance Ethics and Assurance). Prior to that, she researched the ethical legal and social implications of emerging technologies in healthcare and chaired NHS Oxford A REC. She is an EMCC accredited coach and works within the university's coaching network.

Recent publications

Dynamic consent: A patient interface for twenty-first century research networks

Kaye J. et al, (2015), European Journal of Human Genetics, 23, 141 - 146

Organisational culture and post-merger integration in an academic health centre: A mixed-methods study

Ovseiko PV. et al, (2015), BMC Health Services Research, 15

The evolution of withdrawal: negotiating research relationships in biobanking

Melham K. et al, (2014), Life Sciences Society and Policy, 10

Can I access my personal genome? The current legal position in the UK

Kaye J. et al, (2014), Medical Law Review, 22, 64 - 86

Enacting regulation: Tissue in practice

Melham K. et al, (2013), Diagnostic Histopathology, 19, 343 - 349

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