Research Ethics Board (REB)
The Unity Health Toronto REB ensures that research involving the participation of humans meets current scientific and ethical research standards for the protection of human research participants.
About Unity Health Toronto REB
The Unity Health Toronto Research Ethics Board (REB) reviews all proposed research from scientific and ethical perspectives before the research is started, and promotes the research ethics education of the research community.
The REB is appointed on behalf of Unity Health Toronto and maintains an arms-length relationship with Unity Health. The Unity Health Toronto Board of Directors mandates the REB to independently approve, reject, propose modifications to, or terminate any proposed or ongoing research involving human participants or human materials, which is conducted within, or by members of Unity Health.
Decisions made by the REB are based on the scientific and ethical merits of the research, and are made independently of other interests of the hospital. Unity Health retains the authority to disallow the conduct of research even if approved by the REB.
REB Membership & Terms of Reference
The Unity Health Toronto Ethics Board (REB) is appointed on behalf of Unity Health Toronto, with whom it maintains an arms-length relationship. The Terms of Reference for the REB define this relationship. Unity Health Toronto mandates the REB to independently approve, reject, propose modifications to, or terminate any proposed or ongoing research involving human participants or human materials conducted within or by members of Unity Health.
For more information, please review the REB Terms of Reference
Download the current membership list (Updated 10 April 2024)
| Name | Role (Expertise) | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
Dr. David Mazer | Chair, Scientific (Anaethesia) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Michael Szego | Vice Chair, Scientific (Clinical Ethics, Genetics, Privacy) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Melanie Tsang | Vice Chair, Scientific (General Surgery) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Zoe Von Aesch | Vice Chair, Scientific (Family Medicine) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Kamran Ahmad | Scientific (Cardiology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Paul Angaran | Scientific (Cardiology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Mr. Frank Au | Community Representative - Legal (Legal) | Non-Affiliated |
Mr. Aaron Dantowitz | Community Representative - Legal (Legal) | Non-Affiliated |
Mr. Christopher Dewdney | Community Representative - Non-Scientific | Non-Affiliated |
Mr. Harry Enchin | Community Representative - Non-Scientific | Non-Affiliated |
Mr. Malcolm Eylott | Community Representative - Non-Scientific | Non-Affiliated |
Dr. Marie Faughnan | Scientific (Respirology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. John Graham | Scientific (Cardiology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Billie Hardy | Scientific (Qualitative Research) | Non-Affiliated |
Dr. Stephen Hwang | Scientific (Internal Medicine) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Charles Kassardjian | Scientific (Neurology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Jim Kitchens | Scientific (Internal Medicine) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Michael Kutryk | Scientific (Cardiology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Alina Lalani | Scientific (Clinical Pharmacy) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Elizabeth Leung | Scientific (Clinical Pharmacy) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Richard Leung | Scientific (Respirology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Ms. Juhee Makkar | Scientific (Ethics, Privacy) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. John Marshall | Scientific (Critical Care Medicine) | Unity Health Toronto |
Ms. Michele McCall | Community Representative - Scientific (Nutrition, Natural Health Products) | Non-Affiliated |
Dr. Leslie Melamed | Community Representative - Scientific (Biostatistics) | Non-Affiliated |
Dr. Gordon Moe | Scientific (Cardiology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Dominic Ng | Scientific (Endocrinology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Arnold Pinter | Scientific (Cardiology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Ramesh Prasad | Scientific (Nephrology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Fahad Razak | Scientific (Internal Medicine) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Dalia Rotstein | Scientific (Neurology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Morgan Schellenberg | Scientific (Surgery) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Brian Steinhart | Scientific (Emergency Medicine) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Anne Stephenson | Scientific (Respirology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Ms. Christine Tier | Community Representative - Legal (Legal) | Non-Affiliated |
Dr. Amol Verma | Scientific (Internal Medicine) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Nicholas Vozoris | Scientific (Respirology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Andrew Yan | Scientific (Cardiology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Atif Zafar | Scientific (Neurology) | Unity Health Toronto |
Dr. Arthur Zalev | Community Representative - Scientific (Radiology) | Non-Affiliated |
Ms. Sharon Freitag | Senior Director, Research Ethics Office | Unity Health Toronto |
Ms. Dharmista Patel | Administrative Assistant | Unity Health Toronto |
Ms. Desta Ramlackhansingh | Operations Lead, Research Ethics | Unity Health Toronto |
Ms. Andrea Chiu | Senior Education and Compliance Specialist | Unity Health Toronto |
Ms. Amanda (Mandy) Hindle | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto |
Ms. Andrea Laarakkers | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto |
Ms. Jenny Lazarevski | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto |
Ms. Arlene Lobrin | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto |
Mr. Jason McGuire | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto |
Mr. Tajinder (Pal) Sall | Research Ethics Coordinator | Unity Health Toronto |
Ms. Nancy Chai | Projects Assistant, Research Ethics | Unity Health Toronto |
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