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PRIM&R AER15 Conference Highlights – Day 2: Working Together

Working together is a challenge no matter what industry one finds themselves. This theme could not have been more at the forefront than at Day 2 at the PRIM&R Conference in Boston. Veritas IRB attended a series of fascinating presentations which ranged from genome editing, to communication of risks and benefits to participants, identifying major […]

PRIM&R AER15 Conference Highlights – Day 1: #mHealth, #SocialMedia, #BigData

Day 1 at the PRIM&R AER15 conference in Boston was loaded with exciting talks on hot topics. Technology was at the forefront of this first day with several presentations on mobile health, electronic consent, big data and social media and its effects in human research. #mHealth: Is it novel, better or simply unfamiliar? The morning’s […]

PRIM&R Pre-Conference Highlights: From IRB 101 to Biobanking

As announced earlier this week in our email newsletter, we are all set to begin what should be an exciting conference over the upcoming weekend. Veritas IRB is once again at the PRIM&R AER 2015 conference in Boston. Like the previous years, the conference started with a pre-conference day dedicated to the in-depth exploration of […]

The results for the Canadian central IRB / REB selection survey are in!

On April 24th, we invited you and other Canadian researchers to participate in a survey focused on selection criteria for central IRBs/REBs in Canada. The response we received was impressive.  The analysis has been completed and we would like to share the results of this unique and important survey with you. Simply click on the link below to […]

Survey Invitation

As a Canadian researcher who employs the services of an independent IRB/REB, we are inviting you to participate in an important, online survey focused on IRB/REB selection criteria. The survey should take you approximately three minutes to complete and closes on May 4, 2015. All responses will be aggregated by an independent analyst and the […]

Release of Veritas IRB’s Investigator’s Manual: An Essential Resource for Clinical Trial Investigators’ Everyday Practice

Canada’s second National Health Ethics Week is being held from March 2 to March 8, 2015. This event is being coordinated by the Canadian Bioethics Society (CBS), in collaboration with various organizations across Canada. In conjunction with this event, Veritas IRB Inc. is releasing the iBook version of The Investigator’s Manual, a Complete Guide to […]