Ethics Review Board
Our Ethics Review Board (ERB) reviews projects conducted on behalf of Public Health Ontario and Ontario’s public health units.
The ERB is an independent board that includes members who are public health professionals and researchers from PHO and other public health, health care and academic organizations. Collectively, ERB members have expertise in a broad range of public health disciplines and methodologies, ethics, law, and community perspectives.
The ERB helps to ensure that projects are consistent with the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans, Second edition (TCPS 2), PHO’s Framework for the Ethical Conduct of Public Health Initiatives, as well as other relevant regulations, policies and guidelines. The ERB has the authority to approve, reject, propose modifications to or withdraw approval of any eligible projects submitted for review.
The ERB also participates in the development of best practices for addressing emerging ethical issues in the conduct of public health evidence-generating initiatives across the province.
List of Current Board Members
| Member | Expertise/Discipline |
| Elizabeth Peter (Chair) | Nursing, Philosophy, Bioethics |
| Samiya Abdi | Equity, Social Impact, Social Determinants of Health, Health Promotion and Evaluation |
| Ayaan Abdulle | Community Outreach and Engagement |
| Lisa Berger | Public Health Medicine |
| Kayla Burt | Epidemiology |
| Jeff D’Souza | Bioethics, Health Equity, Public Health Ethics, Global Health Ethics |
| Rob Haile | Public Health Planning, Health Promotion and Evaluation |
| Omolayo Idowu | Public Health Nursing |
| Navneet Johal | Ethics and Compliance, Law, Gerontology & Health Studies |
| Anna Majury | Public Health Microbiology |
| Juhee Makkar | Ethics, Law, Health Policy |
| Michael Montess | Public Health Ethics, Bioethics, Clinical Ethics |
| Apondi J Odhiambo | Qualitative Research, Health Equity, Policy Development and Analysis, Public Health Education and Promotion |
| Jay Shaw | Ethics, Artificial Intelligence |
Check out our submission deadlines and meeting dates.
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