Please Note
The Research Ethics Boards (REBs) will be using the following principles concerning research with humans at this time:
- Only critical COVID-19 research and critical research approved by the Incident Management Team for exemption may be conducted on campus. All other research that can only be conducted on campus must be shut down on Friday, March 20, 2020 at 5pm.
- Only new submissions for on-campus research that are approved by the Incident Management Team (for research on-campus) will be reviewed by the REB.
- Off-campus research can continue if there is no direct contact with participants (e.g. online survey, Skype or phone). If changes will be made to the protocol or consent process to conduct the research through non-contact methods, you should submit an amendment for REB review. Please contact ethics.review@utoronto.ca for guidance.
- If a currently-approved off-campus study will involve an amendment that is COVID-19 related, please contact ethics.review@utoronto.ca at the time of submission.
Please note TAHSN hospitals are focusing on clinical care. Please follow the direction of the TAHSN hospital concerning research.
For more information on REB review, please see TCPS 2: Research Ethics Review during Publicly Declared Emergencies
Delegated review: The deadline for delegated review is every Monday (or first business day of the week) by 4:00 PM. For submission instructions, please see Submit a Human Ethics Protocol.
Full board review: Submission due dates for full board review are determined by the respective Research Ethics Board (REB). Please submit your protocol through My Research Human Protocols (MRHP) well in advance of your intended start date.
The MRHP submission process is complete when all supervisor and chair/dean approvals have been received and the protocol has been sent onwards to the Research Oversight & Compliance Office-Human Research Ethics Program (ROCO-HREP) MRHP Inbox. Researchers are responsible for determining timing of their submission to allow sufficient review time.
Human ethics protocols are reviewed by University of Toronto (U of T) REBs, based on the departmental or faculty affiliation of the principal investigator. For HIV-related research submitted for full board review, please follow the Health Sciences REB schedule.
Please review the information listed below for submission deadlines.
Chair: Professor Samantha Hansen
Manager: Dr. Dean Sharpe
Departments covered: All disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, education (OISE/UT) and applied sciences
Upcoming SSHE REB Deadlines and Meeting Dates
| Due Date for Full Board Submissions | Meeting Date |
|---|---|
| September 9, 2019 | September 18, 2019 |
| October 7, 2019 | October 16, 2019 |
| November 4, 2019 | November 13, 2019 |
| December 2, 2019 | December 11, 2019 |
| January 13, 2020 | January 22, 2020 |
| February 10, 2020 | February 19, 2020 |
| March 16, 2020 | March 25, 2020 |
| April 13, 2020 | April 22, 2020 |
| May 11, 2020 | May 20, 2020 |
| June 8, 2020 | June 17, 2020 |
| July 6, 2020 | July 15, 2020 |
Chair: Professor Dionne Gesink
Manager: Daniel Gyewu
Departments covered:
- Medicine (all departments)
- Applied Science & Engineering
- Nursing
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Social Work
- Kinesiology & Physical Education
- Dentistry
- Public Health
Upcoming Health Sciences REB Meeting Dates
| Due Date for Full Board Submissions | Meeting Date |
|---|---|
| June 27, 2019 | July 9, 2019 |
| No meeting in August 2019 | |
| August 30, 2019 | September 11, 2019 |
| September 27, 2019 | October 8, 2019 |
| October 25, 2019 | November 6, 2019 |
| November 29, 2019 | December 10, 2019 |
| December 20, 2019 | January 15, 2020 |
| January 31, 2020 | February 11, 2020 |
| February 28, 2020 | March 11, 2020 |
| March 27, 2020 | April 7, 2020 |
| April 24, 2020 | May 6, 2020 |
| May 29, 2020 | June 9, 2020 |
| July 3, 2020 | July 15, 2020 |
| No meeting in August 2020 | |
- Provide solutions to business issues regarding submissions
- Advise on the submission process
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