Research Ethics involving humans at UBC

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Research Ethics involving humans at UBC
UBC O Research Orientation Day

• Information for New Faculty

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Ethics Review Requirements

• All research involving
• human participants, including human tissue or
  body fluids and human stem cells

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Applicable Policy

• Policy 89
• Research and Other Studies Involving Human
  Subjects

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Policy 89 Research and Other Studies Involving
Human Subjects

• where such research is conducted by members or
  associated members of the University acting in
  their University capacity. Members or associated
  members of the University include faculty,
  emeritus faculty, staff, sessional instructors,
  clinical professors, administrators, students,
  visiting or adjunct scholars, fellows, paid or
  unpaid associates and any other person associated
  with research at the University or

• where such research is conducted at the
  University, including academic space at
  affiliated teaching hospitals or

• where such research is administered by the
  University or

• where ethics approval by the University is
  required for such research pursuant to an
  affiliation agreement with other agencies.

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Memorandum of Understanding

• Between the Tri-Council Funding Agencies, the
  University and all Tri-Council funded Researchers
  
• Ethics Review and Approval required prior to
  release of any funding
• Lapses of Approval or non-compliance can impact
  not only on individual researchers but on the
  Universitys continuing ability to conduct
  research.

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Human Ethics Four Boards
Clinical REB
Providence Health Care REB
Behavioural REB
BC Cancer REB
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? Behavioural Research Ethics Board
Non-Invasive Research

• Interviews
• Focus groups
• Aptitude testing
• Psychological experiments
• Polls, surveys, questionnaires
• Information from databases etc.

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Course-Based Student Research

• Have a specific guideline and process for
  course-based research
• Need to ensure that you allow sufficient time for
  Board to meet and approve
• Call the BREB Manager
• Working on a pilot for departmental level review
  of undergraduate student research

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BREB

• Web-Site www.ors.ubc.ca/ethics/behavioural/index.
  htm
• Manager Shirley Thompson e-mail
  shirley.thompson_at_ors.ubc.ca
• Assistant Nadia Rad e-mail nadia.rad_at_ors.ubc.ca

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Okanagan contact for the BREB

• Jennifer Carkner
• Research Officer
• (Ethics Health and Social Development)
• Office of Research Services
• LIB 307, 3333 University Way
• Kelowna, B.C.  V1V 1V7
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email jennifer.carkner_at_ubc.ca

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? Clinical Research Ethics Board

• Medical research such as
• Clinical Trials
• Epidemiological studies with blood or tissue
  samples
• Rehabilitation or exercise programs etc.
• Chart Reviews

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CREB

• Web-site www.ors.ubc.ca/ethics/clinical/index.htm
  
• Manager Pia Ganz pia.ganz_at_ors.ubc.ca
• Assistant Nesa Khareghani, nesa.khareghani_at_ors.
  ubc.ca

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? BC Cancer Agency Research Ethics Board

• Reviews all adult cancer related clinical studies
  and some behavioural studies that are conducted
  by researchers at the BC Cancer Agency

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BCCA REB

• Web-site www.ors.ubc.ca/ethics/cancer.htm
• Manager Bonnie Shields, e-mail
  reb_at_bccancer.bc.ca
• Coordinator Sara Blaney, e-mail
  reb_at_bccancer.bc.ca

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? Providence Health Care REB

• Reviews all research that takes place at the
  Providence Health Care site and all research
  conducted by Providence Health Care staff

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PHC REB

• Web-site www.providencehealthcare.org/research/re
  search.html
• Manager Vivienne Bearder e-mail
  vbearder_at_providencehealth.bc.ca

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Which Bio-Medical Board?

• Site of Research
• Main research links of investigator
• Board of Record agreement recognizes reviews of
  any other fully affiliated UBC REB

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New Board at Children Womens Health Centre

• Currently in the process of starting a new
  research ethics board which will review all
  research conducted under the auspices of the
  Children Womens Health Centre
• Hoped for start-up Fall of 2008
• Same criteria will apply, including one board of
  record agreement.

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TCPS On-line tutorial
TCPS document http//www.pre.ethics.gc.ca/english/
policystatement/policystatement.cfm TCPS
tutorial http//www.pre.ethics.gc.ca/english/tutor
ial/
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HOW TO APPLY

• R I S e Researcher Information Services
• Electronic on-line access and submission system
  that is the ONLY way that ethics applications can
  be submitted to any UBC Research Ethics Board

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Accessing and Using RISe

• Have to obtain a Campus Wide Login account and
• A researcher number
• Instructions, tutorials, sandbox are on the RISe
  web-site
• http//rise.ubc.ca/rise
• RISe help desk
• Board staff are happy to help

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Thank You

• Best of Luck at UBC O!
• Jeffrey Toward Ph.D.
• Continuing Review Manager, Research Ethics
• Office of Research Services
• 604-682-2344 x 62516
• jeffrey.toward_at_ors.ubc.ca