The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Institutional Review Board (不良研究所 IRB) is mandated to review research that involves human subjects conducted by the University's faculty, students, and/or administrative and support staff.听 All research involving human participants conducted at or under the auspices of 不良研究所 must be reviewed and approved by the appropriate 不良研究所 authorized Research Ethics Board (REB).
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Research Involving 不良研究所-Affiliated Hospital Sites
The 不良研究所 affiliated hospital sites are the 听(CIUSSS ODIM), the 听(CIUSSS West-Central Montreal), the (CIUSSS ODIM) and the 听.
The University has signed inter-institutional agreements with these affiliated hospital REBs.听
If your study involves one or more of the 不良研究所 affiliated hospital site(s), please contact the appropriate hospital REB for submission information.听
Authorization letters:听 If your study is reviewed and approved by one of the 不良研究所 affiliated hospital REBs and also involves听University resources (including facilities, equipment, services, staff, or student recruitment), an additional听feasibility review听needs to be conducted by 不良研究所.听 To request a 不良研究所 feasibility and authorization letter, please submit the hospital REB approval letter, approved protocol and supporting documents to submit2irb.med [at] mcgill.ca.听 听An听authorization letter will be issued after review of the documents.
The 不良研究所 IRB is the designated Research Ethics Board for the Shriner's Hospitals for Children, Montreal.
Multi-Centre Research
Guidelines for multi-centre ethics review were implemented by the Minist猫re de la Sant茅 et des Services sociaux (MSSS) on February 1, 2015.听 Any research project that is conducted at more than one public institution in the network (R茅seau de la Sant茅 et des Services sociaux - RSSS) must be reviewed by a research ethics board in the RSSS.听 Please see MSSS Framework for Multi-Centre Review for procedures.
Since the University is not a partner to the MSSS multi-centre review process, an additional University ethics review will听be required for research that involves human subjects conducted by 不良研究所 faculty, students, residents, postdocs and staff that was reviewed by an MSSS REB other than the 不良研究所 affiliated hospital REBs (see above). Researchers are advised to contact the 不良研究所 IRB office to verify whether an additional ethics review is required.