References and Resources 

Find the most current forms, templates and articles on the ethics and compliance resources page. 
Resources include:

General Resources | all boards

• Ethics Requirements: general reference
• Before You Start: considerations prior to application
• Post-Approval Activities

CHREB Resources

• CHREB Forms and Templates
• CHREB Guidelines and Tips
• CHREB Cell Lines: approval and application
• CHREB Publishing Case Series and Reports
• CHREB Articles
• CHREB QA, Quality Improvement, Program Eval. or Research?
• CHREB Retrospective Review

Visit: Ethics References and Resources

Oncology Research

The University of Calgary has delegated review of all cancer-related research to HREBA-CC. For access to that committee’s ethics application, email iriss.support@ucalgary.ca.

Cancer-related studies are those focused on the study of cancer, treatment of cancer patients, or using health information from a cancer registry or biorepository. This includes, but is not limited to:

1. Clinical trials in patients with a cancer diagnosis.
2. Studies evaluating, assessing or describing the clinical care (including palliative and psychosocial well-being) and management of patients with cancer.
3. Studies where the participants are identified/recruited using cancer registries or bio-repositories in Alberta or elsewhere.

REB Review Fees

The University of Calgary charges a $5000 CAD fee for the REB review of industry-sponsored or for-profit research.

The CHREB Service fee is payable regardless of the outcome of the review or contract status (this includes withdrawing the application after review by the REB has commenced).

Review: CHREB Administration Fee for Industry Sponsored Research

Review Timelines for CHREB

You may submit your application to the CHREB at any time via IRISS. All applications undergo an administrative check prior to going in the queue to be sent out for review. Once your file has been received, feedback regarding any ethical issues of your application will be logged and sent to you via IRISS.

The level of review (delegated or full board) depends on the context of the study and the risk of the proposed research. Quality can make a difference. An application that is complete, accurate and concise may take less time, because there will be less back and forth between the Board and the researcher.

Health Canada REB Attestation

The Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board does not sign individual Health Canada REB Attestation Forms. The approval certificates contain all the information required by Health Canada for the REB Attestation.

OHRP Compliance

When considering studies that have NIH funding or fall under the US FDA, the CHREB complies with FDA regulations 21 CFR Parts 50 and 56, and HHS regulations 45 CFR 46. The CHREB is registered with OHRP/FDA.

Type of Assurance: Institutional Review Board (see details)
IRB Number: IRB00001300
Type of Assurance: Federal Wide (see details)
FWA Number: FWA00000810

Information About Abuse

The Research Ethics Boards and staff at the University of Calgary are service providers working hard to facilitate your research.

Consistent with the University of Calgary’s Code of Conduct, it is expected that all communications between principal investigators, research teams, research ethics unit staff and research ethics board members is professional and respectful.

Abuse will not be tolerated.