Questions for research with animals | Questions for research with human participants
Staff are available to address your questions regarding ethics clearance for research involving animals or human participants by:
- consulting and providing support during all stages of the application and review process,
- developing and distributing educational materials, guidelines, procedural information, along with sample documents,
- facilitating a single ethics review model for multi-jurisdictional research, for animal based research involving more than one institution, please email oreaupp@uwaterloo.ca.
- arranging a guest lecturer for a course or to give a presentation on a topic related to research ethics, and,
- discussing ethical principles and guidelines and how these apply to your proposed research or pointing you to other resources if needed.
Contact us
Refer to the list below to find your department or topic area. Contact the staff member listed by email, phone, or book a consultation. If you are not sure who to contact or have questions about the research ethics system contact researchethics@uwaterloo.ca.
Research with animals
Jean Flanagan
Senior Manager, Animal Research and Teaching Facilities, ext. 31919, jean.flanagan@uwaterloo
- animal facility operations
- technical services, education, and training
- animal import and export
Julie Joza
Director, Research Ethics, ext. 41063, jajoza@uwaterloo.ca
- per diems, review agreements, and contracts
Jennifer Frayne
Manager, Research Ethics, ext. 45003, jfrayne@uwaterloo.ca
- Animal Care Committee
- classroom and other education on research, teaching, or training using animals
- protocol submissions for research, teaching, or training using animals
Heather Dekker
Research Ethics Advisor, ext. 41506, hdekker@uwaterloo.ca
- Faculty of Engineering and Cambridge Satellite Campus
- Faculty of Mathematics
- School of Pharmacy
- Stratford Satellite Campus
- Games Institute
Joanna Eidse
Research Ethics Advisor, jeidse@uwaterloo.ca
- Department of Psychology
- School of Public Health Sciences
- contact for studies being conducted in Waterloo region schools
Julie Joza
Director, Research Ethics, ext. 41063, jajoza@uwaterloo.ca
- problems associated with human participant research
- review agreements with other institutions
Karen Pieters
Manager, Research Ethics, ext. 41495, kpieters@uwaterloo.ca
- Faculty of Environment
- School of Accounting
- University support services (e.g., Library)
- Human Research Ethics Board
- classroom and other education presentations
Heather Root
Senior Manager, Research Ethics, ext. 41469, haroot@uwaterloo.ca
- Faculty of Science (excluding Pharmacy)
- research using human tissue or bodily fluids
- Clinical Research Ethics Board
- collaborative studies requiring review by Waterloo Wellington Research Ethics board (WWREB)
Erin Van Der Meulen
Research Ethics Advisor, ext. 47046, ervandermeulen@uwaterloo.ca
- Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies
- Faculty of Arts (excluding Department of Psychology and School of Accounting)
- Affiliated and Federated Institutions of Waterloo
- researchers that will be partnering with Indigenous communities
Updated January 2025