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Scope of Responsibility
The UBC C&W REB is a UBC-affiliated research ethics board responsible for the ethical review of the following:

• Clinical and behavioural research projects conducted on the Oak Street campus at:
  

  -	BC Children's Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children*
  -	BC Mental Health & Addiction Services*
  -	BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre*
  -	Child & Family Research Institute
  -	BC Mental Health & Addictions Research Institute
  -	Women's Health Research Institute
  	*Agencies of the Provincial Health Services Authority

• Studies for which the Principal Investigator holds appointments with the Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia, which directly involve patients, records or resources of the Oak Street campus. This also includes research projects which involve the use of human remains, cadavers, tissue, biological fluids, embryos and/or fetuses.
  
  Please note: Researchers who do not hold a Children's & Women's appointment must appoint an individual who holds a Children's & Women's appointment as site lead or co-investigator for the research.

Last Updated: 10/13/2009