There are two types of fees: 1) initial review and 2) annual renewal. The fees only apply to sponsored studies that are in whole or in part from a for-profit entity. Please refer to the C&W REB Fee Policy (PDF) which contains information on:

• Definition of a for-profit sponsored study
  
• Fee waiver criteria
  
• Initial review fees
  
• Annual review fees
  
• Fee payment information
  

The UBC C&W REB Office will issue an invoice in RISe once your research project has been submitted. Note that we will not release the Certificate of Approval until we have received the review fee.

The UBC C&W REB Office will issue an invoice once your renewal post approval activity (PAA) has been submitted on RISe. Note that we will not release the Certificate of Approval until we have received the review fee. If an application expires pending renewal, it will stay in the expired state until the review fee has been paid and we have released the certificate. 

If you have outstanding fees, we will not undertake any new REB reviews or process any approvals until your account is brought into good standing.

The UBC C&W REB meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month, with the exception of the December meeting, which will take place on the 2nd Wednesday of the month.

The deadlines for full board review are listed below. Please note that there is no deadline for minimal risk studies.

Submissions must be received by 4:30 p.m. on the due date. Researchers are required to have their completed ethics application - including departmental approval - submitted to the UBC C&W REB prior to the submission deadline. Any submissions received after this time will be reviewed at the following month's meeting.

It is the principal investigator's responsibility to ensure that their department head has been notified of the application and ensure that departmental approval has been received prior to the deadline for submission. Departmental approval occurs electronically following principal investigator sign off on the application.

The UBC C&W REB was established in 2009. The terms of reference and a complete list of members are available below.

Membership (PDF documents)

To enable researchers to secure funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the UBC C&W REB and the Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia have obtained OHRP Federal-wide Assurance (FWA) and Institutional Review Board (IRB) Assurance.

Every institution engaged in human subjects research supported or conducted by the US DHHS is required, under the DHHS human subjects protection regulations (45 CFR 46.103), to have an assurance of compliance approved by the US Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP).

See also the C&W REB Assurance of Compliance (PDF).

OHRP has launched a web page with information on the revised Common Rule’s clinical trial informed consent form posting requirement (45 CFR 46.116(h)). Please send questions or comments about the revised posting requirement to OHRP@hhs.gov.

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Please note that the REB staff are currently on-site one day per week and are otherwise working remotely. Please email us and we will be happy to help you.  

Jennie Prasad, Director

Jennie oversees the functioning of the REB staff and Board, monitors ethical review process standards, and advises on compliance with ethics policies. 

Email Jennie: jprasad@bcchr.ubc.ca

Farin Meralli, Research Ethics & Regulatory Specialist

Farin is responsible for the review of new full-board and minimal risk applications and associated deferral/proviso responses and general inquiries. 

Email Farin: fmeralli@bcchr.ubc.ca

Talysa Dhahan, Research Ethics & Regulatory Analyst

Talysa is responsible for the review of new minimal risk applications and associated deferral/proviso responses and general inquiries. 

Email Talysa: tdhahan@bcchr.ubc.ca

Manisha Sangha, Administrative Coordinator  

Manisha is responsible for handling incoming general inquiries, post-approval activities, institutional approvals, and fee payment.

Mailing address & general contact information

UBC Children's & Women’s Research Ethics Board

Room A2-141A

950 West 28th Avenue

Vancouver, BC

V5Z 4H4

CANADA

Phone: 604-875-3103

Email: cwreb@bcchr.ubc.ca

Fax: 604-875-2496