Research Support

Providence Research provides support to the Providence Health Care/UBC Research Ethics Board (REB). Any research involving humans at Providence must be reviewed by the REB. Applications for clinical research are submitted to the REB through the Research Facilitation Office. The forms, guidelines, submission deadlines and schedule of REB meetings are available on this site under the Research Ethics section.

The management of UBC-PHC Research Ethics Board:

• Administers PHC REB decisions and communicates them to the research community
• Responds to inquiries on applications and ethical issues
• Advises researchers on regulatory and Tri-Council Policy Statement requirements for conducting research involving humans, material, or information derived from humans, as well as specific UBC policies, standards and requirements.

Hospital approvals for Ethics submissions:

• Manages issuance of institutional approvals for human subject research, granted upon receipt of ethics approval, hospital department and/or service approvals, completed contracts and payment of REB review fees.

For contracts, the Research Facilitation Office:

• Negotiates and manages all industry-sponsored research agreements, as well as agreements with government and other academic institutions
• Coordinates with UBC University-Industry Liaison Office’s Sponsored Research Group
• Responds to clinical trial agreement inquiries
• Liaises between UBC, UILO and Providence Research
• Provides support to the Clinical Trials Network Group
• Provides educational workshops for clinical coordinators and hospital staff

The Research Facilitation Office:

• Facilitates grant applications and assists in obtaining institutional signatures
• Coordinates and manages institutional applications (e.g. CFI, MSFHR) and internal award competitions
• Maintains institutional research statistics
• Identifies funding opportunities.

The Research Facilitation Office:

• Provides financial accountability of research funds held at St. Paul’s Hospital
• Provides monthly statements for research trust account holders
• Develops Finance policies and procedures.

The Research Facilitation Office: 

• Supports hiring and management of employees of research programs
• Develops Human Resources policies and procedures.

The Research Facilitation Office:

• Identifies events and funding opportunities for Providence researchers
• Facilitates the funding application process
• Facilitates knowledge transfer to researchers, care providers, policy-makers, private industry and the public
• Promotes educational opportunities for researchers and trainees
• Maintains the Researcher Directory
• Maintains Providence Research internet and intranet websites
• Organizes special events, training and educational workshops. Facilitates access to library and database resources

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