Information for Sponsors

Fraser Health is a publicly funded regional authority that oversees the provision of all publicly funded health services at its owned and operated acute and community sites from Burnaby to Hope and south to White Rock and serving 1.5 million people. Fraser Health's Department of Evaluation and Research Services is located at 300 – 10334 152A Street in the City of Surrey.

Physicians who wish to participate in clinical trials as a site principal investigator are not employees of Fraser Health, but must have privileges with Fraser Health. Physicians are only allowed to conduct research at hospital sites for which they are privileges.  Physicians are a party to the contract with the sponsor as is Fraser Health.

Fraser Health’s role in the conduct of sponsored clinical trial research is limited to providing the Research Ethics Board and access to medical records and resources for the study to be carried out, including the physical location in which the study will be conducted. The Department of Evaluation and Research Services oversees the entire approval process to ensure that all applicable approvals are in place. Research can only begin once the Letter of Authorization to Conduct Research is received by the Fraser Health site principal investigator.

See the Fraser Health Research Map that depicts research sites across our region. Up to 19 pharmaceutical/device companies have engaged Fraser Health privileged physicians to conduct research in Fraser Health. For information on some of the clinical trial sites, please see Clinical Trials Research Groups.

For real time information on the studies conducted in Fraser Health, see the Research Study Database. For assistance in contacting a Fraser Health site, please contact Susan Chunick.