Research ethics

All research conducted at Covenant Health must be reviewed by a Health Information Act (HIA)-designated ethics board.

Covenant Health partners with the Health Research Ethics Board (HREB) at the University of Alberta in accordance with a tripartite agreement between Alberta Health Services, Covenant Health and the University of Alberta.

Alberta HIA-designated ethics boards

University of Alberta

• Health Research Ethics Board (HREB)
• Alberta Research Information Services (ARISE)

University of Calgary

• Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board (CHREB)
• Institutional Research Information Services Solution (IRISS)

Alberta Innovates

• Health Research Ethics Board of Alberta (HREBA)

The REB Exchange

The REB Exchange streamlines the ethics application process for multisite health research in Alberta. It is a simple, easy-to-use tool built into the ethics application platform at your institution. Email research@covenanthealth.ca for more information.