Committees advise the INCTR with respect to policy, legal and ethical issues within the scope of the terms of reference of each committee.

Current Committees:

ETHICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE

The Ethical Review Committee was established in January, 2001 in order to provide the INCTR with independent ethical advice on research engaged in by the INCTR. The Ethical Review Committee is comprised of scientists, medical experts, ethicists, patient representatives and laypersons. It provides independent guidance, advice and decision on biomedical research protocols or programs sponsored by the INCTR as well as ethical advice on issues presented to it by the INCTR. The committee functions similarly to an institutional review board in the United States or a French Comité consultatif pour la protection des personnes dans la recherché biomédicale. The committee presents the conclusions of its reflections to the President of the INCTR in the form of independent, non-binding advice and/or a decision.