Partnerships

RITHIM is proud to support and collaborate with other harmonized health research initiatives across Canada.

CARE

pan-Canadian Approach to Research Ethics Review

The Health and Biomedical Research Ethics Boards at the University of Manitoba have been partnering with the Ontario Cancer Research Ethics Board (OCREB) and CancerCare Manitoba to explore an interprovincial REB review pilot project. RITHIM will continue to support this initiative.

CHEER

Canadian Collaboration for Child Health: Efficiency and Excellence in the Ethics Review of Research

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH) has announced funding for a new initiative to promote child health research through a collaborative approach to streamlined research ethics review.

The Maternal Infant Child and Youth Research Network (MICYRN) and Clinical Trials Ontario (CTO) are partnering with investigators and organizations across Canada to develop the CHEER initiative, as publicly announced on May 2020. Read the full article here for details.