Research Proposals Approval Committee

We review all research proposals that involve our staff, facilities, and/or resources, or that require access to data that is under NL Health Services’ custody or control, including personal information, personal health information and human biological specimens.

We employ a resource-use lens to ensure that NL Health Services is adequately compensated for its involvement in research and a privacy lens to ensure that appropriate data collection, use, disclosure, transfer, storage, retention and destruction processes are in place.

All research involving our data or resources is required to have both Health Research Ethics Board and Research Proposals Approval Committee approval. The committee meets bi-weekly to review applications that the Health Research Ethics Board has approved.

Following an application to the committee, you may receive a short survey regarding your experience.  Your feedback helps us improve our organizational approval process.

If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact rpac@nlhealthservcies.ca or call 709-752-2214.