Research Ethics Committee
Overview
The Research Ethics Committee (REC) at INSPECT-LB has been created to promote and secure ethics in research at INSPECT-LB. It will implement ethical principles through advice on ethical issues, approval of proposals, and follow-up on research progression. The main ethical principles are respect for persons, beneficence, justice, integrity, informed consent, confidentiality and data protection, and disclosure of any conflict of interest.
Research Ethics Approval Form, Informed Consent, Conflict of Interest, and other helpful documents are available to download from: https://inspect-lb.org/research-templates/
To learn more, download the REC Policy.
REC 2024-2026: Danielle A. Badro (Chair), Danielle Saadeh, Hala Sacre, Jihan Safwan, Samah Tawil
REC 2021-2023: Rony M. Zeenny (Chair), Marwan Akel, Randa Aoun, Danielle A. Badro, Danielle Saadeh
Documents Required to Apply
- INSPECT-LB Research Ethics Approval Form (download)
- Conflict of Interest (COI) Form (one per investigator) (download)
- The detailed protocol of the project
- Updated CV of all authors
- The survey questionnaire(s) (in all languages, when applicable)
- Participant information sheet(s) (when applicable)
- Participant consent form(s) (in all languages, when applicable)
- A detailed risk assessment (when applicable)
- Examples of recruitment advertisements (including e-mails and posters, when applicable)
- Interview questions (when applicable)
- Any other documents deemed necessary to help the REC assess the research project
Condition to Apply
One of the applicants, at least, should be a member of INSPECT-LB.