Vanderbilt Human Research Protection Program
Health Sciences Committee 1 – Institutional Review Board
OHRP Registration Identification – IRB00000475
The Health Sciences Committee 1 meets every Thursday of the month at 11:00AM. Meeting locations are subject to change. Please call the VHRPP office to confirm meeting location (322-2918).
Effective – September 16, 2024
VOTING MEMBERS (10)
Jo Wilson, MD, PhD, MPH - Chair
James Wilkinson, MD, MPH - Vice Chair
Mallory Blasingame, MA, MSIS - Vice Chair
Jennifer Bounds
Mistey Cook, BS
Natalia Jimenez-Truque, Ph.D.
James Muldowney, MD
Harvey Murff, M.D.
Maria Niarchou, PhD
Anna Pfalzer, PhD
Psychiatry, Epidemiology
Pediatrics
Library Sciences
Homemaker, Community Member (NS, NA)
Public Relations, Community Member (NS)
Pediatrics Infectious Disease
Cardiology
Internal Medicine
Genetic Medicine
Neurology
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Alexander Agthe, MD PhD - Neonatology
Bret Alvis, M.D. - Critical Care/ Anesthesiology
Robert Anderson, DNP - Pediatric Medicine
Jessika Boles, PhD, CCLS - Educational Psychology, Child Life
Naweed Chowdhury, MD - Otolaryngology
Ciaran Considine, Ph.D. - Neurology, Cognitive Disorders
Elizabeth Davis, M.D. - Hematology, Oncology
Walter Dehority, M.D. - Pediatric Infectious Disease
Spencer DesAutels, MLIS - Knowledge management
Manus Donahue, Ph.D. - Radiology, Neurology
Stephany Duda, Ph.D. - Biomedical Informatics
Elizabeth Harris, MSEdu, BS Mech Eng, BS PhySci - Prisoner Representative, Community Member (NS)
Brenton Harrison, BBA - Business, Community Member (NS, NA)
Jonathan Hiskey, PhD - Political Science, Sociology, Latin Studies
Christopher Hughes, MD - Anesthesiology, Critical Care
James Jackson, PsyD - Psychology
Burl Johnson, BA - Law Enforcement, Community Member (NS)
Lani Kajihara-Liehr, DNP - Pediatrics, Nursing
Taneya Koonce, MSLS, MPH - Information Sciences, Public Health
Sheila Kusnoor, Ph.D. - Neuroscience/Health Knowledge Information
Marianna LaNoue, PhD - Psychology/ Geriatrics
Jennifer Ledford, PhD - Special Education
Anna Lopez - Prisoner Rep, Community Member
Cathy Maxwell, Ph.D., RN - Nursing, Research on Aging
Sanjay Mohan, MD - Hematology, Oncology
Helen Naylor, MS - Biochemistry; Informatics
Jeremy Neal, PhD, CNM, RN - Nursing
Michael O'Connor, M.D. - Pediatric Pulmonology
Christopher O'Conor, MD - Pathology
Jason Park, MD, PhD - Otolaryngology
Krutika Patel, MD MBBS - Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Neeraja Peterson, M.D. - Internal Medicine
Carolyn Rambo, BA - Business, German, Community Member (NS, NA)
Brent Rexer, M.D., Ph.D. - Hematology/Oncology
Megan Saylor, PhD - Psychology and Human Development
Clare Schuele, Ph.D. - Hearing and Speech Sciences
Megan Simmons, DNP, PMHNP-BC - Geriatric Nursing, Mental Health
Jason Slagle, PhD - Human Factors, Organizational Psychology
Terrin Tamati, PhD - Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery
Kimberly Towers, BS - Law Enforcement, Community Member (NS, NA)
Emmanuel Volanakis, MD - Pediatric Hematology, Oncology
Kathleen VonWahlde, MJ, BA, CCRP - Otolaryngology/Oncology, Clinical Trial Management
Mary Washington, M.D., Ph.D. - Pathology, Immunology
Joern-Hendrik Weitkamp, MD - Neonatology, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Amy Weitlauf, Ph.D - Pediatric Psychology, Autism
Mary Wood, Ph.D. - Psychiatry