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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.

Contact the REB Staff

  • For administrative support, general inquiries, request a huddle meeting, or for help navigating the Clinical Research Registration Form and/or help interpreting questions in the REB application, the inquires must be sent to:
  • 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:
    Full Board Applications (initial and amendments)Jessica Petersenjepetersen@ohri.ca
    Delegated Prospective Applications (initial and amendments)Maria Caissymcaissy@ohri.ca
    Secondary Use Applications (initial and amendments)Mia St. Pierremistp@ohri.ca
     
    Reportable Event SubmissionsMia St. Pierremistp@ohri.ca
     
    Annual Continuing ReviewsDanielle Allarddanallard@ohri.ca
    Translation ProcessDanielle Allarddanallard@ohri.ca
    Registrations (CTO Stream, OCREB, CHEO external)Danielle Allarddanallard@ohri.ca
    Institutional ApprovalDanielle Allarddanallard@ohri.ca
    Notifications (Departmental Impacts)Danielle Allarddanallard@ohri.ca
     
    Study ClosuresAlicia Bakeralibaker@ohri.ca
     
    CTO Stream submissionsHong Liuholiu@ohri.ca

Contact the REB Chair and/or Vice-Chairs

  • 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. Vice-Chair
    James Robblee, MBA, M.D. FRCPC Vice-Chair

Contact the REB Manager

  • For procedural issues or feedback, problematic studies, template issues, participant complaints, etc.
    Amy Geertsma ageertsma@ohri.ca

Contact OHRI or UOHI Clinical Research Administration

  • 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

Contact Technical Support

  • 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
  • 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