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Contact Us
The Ottawa Health Science Network Research Ethics Board
Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus
725 Parkdale Avenue, LOEB Building, Civic Box 675
Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1Y 4E9
Common Inbox: REBAdministration@ohri.ca

The OHSN-REB Office is working remotely;
please email, call through MS Teams, or request a meeting through MS Teams.

• For administrative support, general inquiries, request a huddle meeting, or for help navigating the Clinical Research Registration Form (CRRF) and/or help interpreting questions in the REB application, the inquires must be sent to:
  
  

  Lisa Tran

  REBAdministration@ohri.ca

• Please visit the IRISGuide for REB information. The IRISGuide includes remote training sessions, templates, navigation guidance documents, and annotations of the REB application forms.
  
  
• For study or application specific questions:
  
  Research Ethics Coordinator contact information for the following submission types in both IRIS local REB application and CTO Stream REB application:

  Full Board Applications (initial and amendments)	Maria Caissy	mcaissy@ohri.ca
  Delegated Prospective Applications (initial and amendments)	Heather McDonald	heamcdonald@ohri.ca
  Secondary Use Applications (initial and amendments)	Isabelle Woodward	iswoodward@ohri.ca
  Reportable Event Submissions	Mia St. Pierre	mistp@ohri.ca
  Annual Continuing Reviews	Lisa Tran	REBAdministration@ohri.ca
  Translation Process	Lisa Tran	REBAdministration@ohri.ca
  Registrations (CTO Stream, OCREB, CHEO external)	Lisa Tran	REBAdministration@ohri.ca
  Institutional Approval	Lisa Tran	REBAdministration@ohri.ca
  Notifications (Departmental Impacts)	Lisa Tran	REBAdministration@ohri.ca
  Study Closures	Lisa Tran	REBAdministration@ohri.ca
  CTO Stream submissions (in general)	Hong Liu	holiu@ohri.ca

• To schedule a meeting to discuss unique studies, new submissions, study issues, etc.
  
  

  The Chair and Vice Chairs are available upon request to meet with Investigators and Study Staff.

  Please contact REBAdministration@ohri.ca to arrange a date and time to meet with the Chair or a Vice-Chair:

  Raphael Saginur, M.D.	Chair
  Francine Sarazin, PhD.	Incoming Chair
  James Robblee, MBA, M.D. FRCPC	Vice-Chair (University of Ottawa Heart Institute)
  Miriam Kimpton, M.D. FRCPC	Vice-Chair (The Ottawa Hospital)

• For REB operation and procedural issues, the IRIS REB Application, CTO Stream REB Application, Harmonization processes, problem files and any other issues with REB process.

  Amy Larose

  amlarose@ohri.ca

• For help with study start up and/or research facilitation
• For help with auditing and/or monitoring

  OHRI Clinical Research Administration:

  Common Inbox

  CRFacilitators@ohri.ca

  UOHI Office of Clinical Research and Compliance:

  Common Inbox

  ClinicalResearch@ottawaheart.ca

• For technical assistance with the Clinical Research Registration Form (CRRF) (i.e., glitches, error messages, etc.)
• To request access to an Investigator's IRIS page/research studies

  IRIS Support

  IrisSupport@ohri.zendesk.com

• For issues with TOH myHospital accounts (password reset, login issues, etc.)

  TOH HelpDesk

  Internal: x 14357 External: 613-761- HELP (4357) Email: helpdesk3@toh.ca