Miranda Miller

Project Manager, CHEER

Miranda Miller

Miranda is the project manager for the Canadian Collaboration for Child Health: Efficiency and Excellence in the Ethics Review of Research (CHEER), a Canada-wide initiative on a mission to improve child health by streamlining research ethics review for child health research. She is also a subject matter expert for a new graduate-level certificate, Canadian Research Ethics Training (CREST) that aims to address the gap in training opportunities for individuals serving on REBs in Canada. Miranda is currently completing a Professional Master of Education Prior to this, Miranda was an ethics coordinator for the Queen’s University Health Sciences and Affiliated Teaching Hospitals Research Ethics Board (HSREB) Queen’s HSREB. Before emigrating to Canada Miranda qualified as a Dietitian in the U. K.

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  • Tuesday, April 29


  • 14:55  - 15:25
    How a Single REB Review Can Look in Canada – Key Learnings from the CHEER Project

    DESCRIPTION OF SESSION

    The Canadian Collaboration for Child Health: Efficiency and Excellence in the Ethics Review of Research (CHEER) project, in its final year, has learned much over the course of the grant. The primary aims of the project were to address inefficiencies in the ethics review process for multisite, multijurisdictional pediatric research by streamlining REB review using a single board of record model. The current system, involving multiple Research Ethics Boards (REBs) and application forms, is often burdened by delays, inconsistent decisions, and resource strain. To address these challenges, CHEER started work in 2020 to move towards a single REB review for paediatric research. Using REB qualification to build trust and community, as well as education, CHEER has implemented a board of record model across the provinces of Nova Scotia and Ontario, with Newfoundland and Labrador joining soon. We will highlight some of the successes and challenges we encountered along the way and some of the key learnings that can be applied to a future vision for streamlined REB review for multijurisdictional research across Canada.
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