The REB complies with the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Code of Federal Regulations (45 CFR 46.103). These regulations state that every institution engaged in human subject ...

Each round of ethical review takes an average of 4 weeks; please plan accordingly. The vast majority of research ethics submissions go through at least two sets of ethical reviews before receiving REB ...

All research by Concordians is subject to procedures and policies. Learn when an ethics review is required and how to apply for one. All research by members of the Concordia community, wherever it ...

Researchers should be free to pursue lines of inquiry and the communication of knowledge and ideas without fear of repression or censorship. At the same time, they have the ethical obligation to ...

Obtaining research ethics approval is both an imperative and important process for all researchers working with human-derived data. We also understand that many researchers have questions around ...

Research that involves the storage, collection, use and/or import of human tissue requires an ethical review by a NHS Research Ethics Committee (NHS REC). This includes research involving healthy ...

A hybrid embryo is a mixture of both human and animal tissue. In May 2008 a cross-party attempt to ban hybrid human animal embryos was defeated on a free vote in the House of Commons, by 336 to 176.