Wednesday, October 9, 2019 2:30 pm
-
2:30 pm
EDT (GMT -04:00)
CBB CREATE Series: Ethical Research with Human Participants
Speaker: Heather Root, Senior Manager, Research Ethics, Office of Research, University of Waterloo.
Description:
This
presentation
will
identify
the
core
principals
of
ethical
research
design
and
discuss
when
ethics
clearance
is
necessary.
An
overview
of
the
ethics
review
process
will
be
provided,
and
resources
to
help
prepare
an
ethics
application
will
be
discussed.
Additional
training
available
to
faculty
and
staff
will
be
introduced.
The
Responsible
Conduct
of
Research
framework
and
researchers
responsibilities
will
be
reviewed.
Speaker bio:
Heather
Root
has
a
background
in
basic
and
clinical
research
with
a
MSc
in
Bio-molecular
Science
from
the
University
of
Amsterdam
and
a
PhD
in
Molecular
Genetics
from
the
University
of
Toronto.
Prior
to
joining
the
office
of
Research
Ethics,
Heather
worked
as
a
Post-Doctoral
Fellow,
Research
Associate
and
Clinical
Research
Associate
in
the
Genetics
and
Genome
Biology
and
Translational
Medicine
Programs
at
the
Hospital
for
Sick
Children.
She
has
acted
as
the
lead
coordinator
and
project
manager
of
an
international
Phase
3b
Fetal
Drug
Trial
at
the
Hospital
for
Sick
Children.
Heather
is
a
Certified
Clinical
Research
Professional,
and
has
a
certificate
in
clinical
research
from
the
Michener
Institute
for
Applied
Health
Sciences.
As
Senior
Manager
in
the
Office
of
Research
Ethics,
Heather
supports
the
Clinical
Research
Ethics
Committee,
coordinates
joint
reviews
with
local
hospitals
and
universities,
and
reviews
ethics
applications
in
the
Faculties
of
Science