REB Exchange (REBX) Platform in RISe
Dear Researchers,
As of June 17, 2024, REBX has a RISe feature that will connect human research ethics application platforms: RISe (UBC), IRISS (UCalgary), and ARISE (UAlberta) to facilitate the exchange of information and documents.
By connecting these platforms through the REBX, researchers can experience reduced time and effort to obtain, and maintain, research ethics approval for multi-site research at participating sites.
The REBX simplifies collaboration and enables the reciprocal ethics processes. Please note that each REB will decide the review process on a case-by-case basis.
For additional information please see the Office of Research Ethics REBX Website and the REB Exchange - REBX Website
Thank you,
RISe Team
Contacts for any REBX questions to UBC & Hospital REBs
CREB: Elmira.Chan@ubc.ca
BREB: Maria.Valente@ubc.ca
PHC: Piper, Paula ppiper@providencehealth.bc.ca
C&W: Talysa Dhahan tdhahan@bcchr.ca
UBC Okanagan: Howard, Rachel rachel.howard@ubc.ca or Lisa Shearer lisa.shearer@ubc.ca
Contacts for any REBX questions to Alberta REBs
UAlberta: Patricia Lo patricia.lo@ualberta.ca
UCalgary: Stacey Beck becks@ucalgary.ca
Important note: Regardless which UA or UC institutional profile is selected by UBC PI/Study Team, they all go to the central UAlberta REB contact and/or the central UCalgary REB.
Information about the REBX External PI profiles in RISe
We have uploaded over 6500 REBX PIs that can be selected when UBC is the Board of Record/Lead site by UBC PI or Study team - please see the attached tutorial below for detailed information. When finalized, we can PDF the tutorial and share with our researchers when required.
Tutorial: Add Participating REBX sites for UBC RISe
In case that the external PI is missing from the list:
We will need to create an account in RISe and mark the “REBX External Investigator “ as “Yes” - which will add this individual to the REBX selection list.
It is also really important to complete “Other Positions and Affiliations” section as presented below as 95% of external PIs will never need to login to RISe. In order to create a new REBX external contact we need: first name, last name, email, and institution. No PI role should ever be required for a REBX PIs.
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