Research Ethics Initiatives
AIHS’s Research Ethics Initiatives unit provides ethics review services for community-based researchers. It also assists decision-makers, researchers and health practitioners with emerging ethics issues related to a range of knowledge-generating projects (including research and various types of applied projects; e.g., quality improvement and evaluation).
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Alberta REB Harmonization Initiative
Health Research Ethics Reciprocity Agreement announced
The Alberta REB Harmonization Initiative is led by the Council of Chairs of Health Research Ethics Boards of Alberta and their sponsoring institutions to increase alignment among the six health REBs in the province. Research Ethics Initiatives provides secretariat support and leadership to this work. The goal is a more aligned and coordinated provincial research ethics review system that would improve efficiencies and facilitate additional health research investment.
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CREBA
The Community Research Ethics Board of Alberta (CREBA) is a multi-disciplinary committee that provides review of health-related studies proposed by researchers in the community without access to another duly constituted health research ethics board and process.
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ARECCI
The Alberta Research Ethics Community Consensus Initiative (ARECCI) is a collaborative undertaking of organizations and entities to enhance the ethical oversight of certain types of knowledge generating projects in health care in Alberta (research, quality improvement, program evaluation).
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