Content: Announcement List
REACH BC | Share your study results
REACH BC now allows researchers to add detailed information about their study results and provides a public link to share information back to participants. You can use the service even if your study did not recruit participants through the REACH BC platform.
Researchers can now share in-…
New Indigenous Health Research Foundations Training Series
The Indigenous Health Research Unit at Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) has launched the first module of its Indigenous Health Research Foundations (IHRF) training series. Developed to support culturally safer and more respectful research practices, the course introduces key concepts, including the impacts of colonization and the importance of Indigenous perspectives in health research. The first…
Notice related to UBC Clinical Research Ethics Board Sponsored Research Fees
Notice related to UBC Clinical Research Ethics Board Sponsored Research Fees
Effective September 01, 2025 all new applications for ethics review will be charged an increased initial ethical review fee of $5,000.00 and subsequent annual renewals will be charged a fee of $1,500.00.
*Note that these fee amounts apply to all…
Screening Tool for New Knowledge Creation Projects
UBC's Office of Research Ethics and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences - along with Island Health and Research Ethics BC (REBC) - are piloting a self-guided ethics screening tool designed to help researchers determine if their project requires research ethics review.
The screening tool will be in pilot until…UBC Clinical Research Ethics Board- Update on Continuing Ethics Review
Beginning 2025, the CREB will focus on re-review of applications that were approved in 2016 or earlier.
UBC CREB is also requiring the re-review of registries (data bank) or biobanks 5 years and older in order to align with our new Biobank/Registry Protocol and Biobank/registry consent form requirements as per …
REB Exchange (REBX)- Harmonization initiative with University of Calgary and University of Alberta
As of June 17, 2024, REBX has a RISe feature that will connect human research ethics application platforms: RISe (UBC), IRISS (UCalgary), and ARISE (UAlberta) to facilitate the exchange of information and documents.
By connecting these platforms through the REBX, researchers can experience reduced time and effort to obtain, and maintain, research ethics approval for multi-site research at participating…
UBC Clinical Research Ethics Board- Update on Continuing Ethics Review
Beginning 2024, the CREB will focus on re-review of applications that were approved in 2012 or earlier.
UBC CREB is also requiring the re-review of registries (data bank) or biobanks 5 years and older in order to align with our new Biobank/Registry Protocol and Biobank/registry consent form requirements as per here
An ethics re-review to ensure the…
Clinical Research Ethics Board-Renewal with Amendment
As of November 1, 2023, the option to create a Renewal with Amendment will no longer be accepted by the UBC CREB. Any PAAs for Renewal with Amendment submitted on or after November 1 will be sent back with a request to inactivate the PAA, and submit a separate PAA for both the renewal and amendment. The option for the Renewal with Amendment PAA will be removed from RISe mid-December 2023.
Please note: Any PAAs for renewal with amendment that have already been submitted for review prior…
NEW Behavioural Research guidance page for medical residents
The Office of Research Ethics has added a new page to the BREB site. The page answers common questions about research ethics for residents in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC who are conducting behavioural projects.
Please go to: https://ethics.research.ubc.ca/behavioural-research-ethics/guidance-medical-residents-doing-behavioural-research…
BREB reduces COVID safety requirements
Effective February 14, 2023, the Behavioural Research Ethics Board (BREB) has reduced its COVID safety requirements for conducting in-person research. While continuing to be concerned for the safety of research participants, the BREB will no longer require researchers to submit Safe Research Plans for in-person research, except in the following circumstances:
- Research with immunocompromised individuals
- Research taking place…