2022 Holiday Closure

Please note that the HREBA office will close for the winter holidays on December 23, 2022 at 4:30 pm and will re-open on January 3, 2023 at 8:15 a.m.

If you have a question, please email the appropriate committee at the following address. These emails will be monitored during the closure:

Cancer Committee: cancer@hreba.ca

Clinical Trials Committee: clinicaltrials@hreba.ca

Community Health Committee: communityhealth@hreba.ca

For urgent requests only, the emergency line is 780-999-6792.

2021 Office Holiday Closure

Please note that the HREBA office will close for the winter holidays on December 24, 2021 and will re-open on January 4, 2022.

If you have a question, please email the appropriate committee at the following address. These emails will be monitored during the closure:

Cancer Committee: cancer@hreba.ca

Clinical Trials Committee: clinicaltrials@hreba.ca

Community Health Committee: communityhealth@hreba.ca

For urgent requests only, the emergency line is 780-999-6792.

2020 Office Holiday Closure

Please note that the HREBA office will close for the winter holidays on December 24, 2020 and will re-open on January 4, 2021.

For urgent requests only, the after hours emergency line is 780-999-6792.

2019 Office Holiday Closure

Please note that the HREBA office will close for the winter holidays on December 25, 2019 and will re-open on January 2, 2020.

For urgent requests only, the after hours emergency line is 780-999-6792.

Updated HREBA-CTC Guidances

Updated guidances have been posted for the submission of:

Note that, beginning with studies expiring in January 2020, study expiry dates will likely no longer correspond to CTC meeting dates. As renewals must be reviewed at the CTC meeting scheduled prior to/on the study expiry date, please ensure they are submitted no later than one week before the applicable meeting.

Board of Record Agreement

As of August 1, 2019, investigators submitting to any of the Health Research Ethics Board of Alberta (HREBA) committees will be required to have an official agreement appointing HREBA as their Board of Record. For investigators conducting research through private practice or other community-based organizations (both for and not-for profit), a signed Board of Record Agreement will be required.

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U.S. Common Rule Update

On January 21, 2019, the 2018 revision of the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (aka the “Common Rule”, found in 45 CFR 46) was implemented. Research that is sponsored or monitored by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS – NIH, NCI, OHRP) is subject to this revised regulation, within the confines of existing Canadian regulations and laws.

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