Richard Carpentier

Principal Investigator, CHEER; Associate professor, Department of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke; Chair, Montfort Hospital REB

Richard Carpentier

Dr. Richard Carpentier is an associate professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Sherbrooke; the Chair of the Montfort Hospital Research Ethics Board; and the past Chair of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Ethics Board. Dr. Carpentier holds a doctoral degree in philosophy from Université de Montréal and a master’s degree in ethics from Université du Québec à Rimouski. He was Executive Director at the National Council on Ethics in Human Research (NCEHR) and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada from 1997 to 2010 and worked at Health Canada in the Science Policy Directorate.

All Sessions by Richard Carpentier

  • 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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