The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Institutional Review Board (ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ IRB) is mandated to review research that involves human subjects conducted by the University's faculty, students, and/or administrative and support staff.Ìý All research involving human participants conducted at or under the auspices of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University must be reviewed and approved by the appropriate ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ authorized Research Ethics Board (REB).
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Research Involving ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ-Affiliated Hospital Sites
The ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ affiliated hospital sites are the Ìý(CIUSSS ODIM), the Ìý(CIUSSS West-Central Montreal), the (CIUSSS ODIM) and the Ìý.
The University has signed inter-institutional agreements with these affiliated hospital REBs.Ìý
If your study involves one or more of the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ affiliated hospital site(s), please contact the appropriate hospital REB for submission information.Ìý
Authorization letters:Ìý If your study is reviewed and approved by one of the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ affiliated hospital REBs and also involvesÌýUniversity resources (including facilities, equipment, services, staff, or student recruitment), an additionalÌýfeasibility reviewÌýneeds to be conducted by ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University.Ìý To request a ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ feasibility and authorization letter, please submit the hospital REB approval letter, approved protocol and supporting documents to submit2irb.med [at] mcgill.ca.Ìý ÌýAnÌýauthorization letter will be issued after review of the documents.
The ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ 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 Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS) on February 1, 2015.Ìý Any research project that is conducted at more than one public institution in the network (Réseau de la Santé et des Services sociaux - RSSS) must be reviewed by a research ethics board in the RSSS.Ìý 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 willÌýbe required for research that involves human subjects conducted by ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ faculty, students, residents, postdocs and staff that was reviewed by an MSSS REB other than the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ affiliated hospital REBs (see above). Researchers are advised to contact the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ IRB office to verify whether an additional ethics review is required.