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 – June 23, 2022
VOTING MEMBERS (10)
Michael O'connor, M.D. - Chair
Jo Wilson, MD, MPH - Vice Chair
Mallory Blasingame, MA
Jennifer Bounds
Mistey Cook, BS
Natalia Jimenez, Ph.D.
James Muldowney, MD
Harvey Murff, M.D.
Maria Niarchou, PhD
James Wilkinson, MD, MPH
Pediatric Pulmonology
Psychiatry, Epidemiology
Library Sciences
Homemaker, Community Member (NS, NA)
Public Relations, Community Member (NS, NA)
Pediatrics Infectious Disease
Cardiology
Internal Medicine
Genetic Medicine
Pediatrics
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Bret Alvis, M.D. - Critical Care/ Anesthesiology
Naweed Chowdhury, MD - Otolaryngology
Ciaran Considine, Ph.D. - Neurology, Cognitive Disorders
Hernan Correa, MD - Pediatric Pathology
Elizabeth Davis, M.D. - Hematology, Oncology
Manus Donahue, Ph.D. - Radiology, Neurology
Stephany Duda, Ph.D. - Biomedical Informatics
Elizabeth Harris, MSEdu, BS Mech Engineering, BS PhySci - Prisoner Representative, Community Member
Brenton Harrison, BBA - Business, Community Member
Jonathan Hiskey, PhD - Political Science, Sociology, Latin Studies
Christopher Hughes, MD - Anesthesiology, Critical Care
Burl Johnson, BA - Law Enforcement, Community Member
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
Joshua Lawrenz, MD - Musculoskeletal Oncology
Jennifer Ledford, PhD - Special Education
Anna Lopez - Prisoner Representative, Community Member
Cathy Maxwell, Ph.D., RN - Nursing, Research on Aging
Sanjay Mohan, MD - Hematology, Oncology
Helen Naylor - Biochemistry; Informatics
Jeremy Neal, PhD, CNM, RN - Nursing
Jason Park, MD, PhD - Otolaryngology
Soha Patel, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology
Neeraja Peterson, M.D. - Internal Medicine
Carolyn Rambo, BA - Business, German, Community Member
Leshana Saint Jean, PhD - Sickle Cell
Megan Saylor, PhD - Psychology and Human Development
Eric Shinohara, M.D. - Radiation Oncology
Megan Simmons, DNP, PMHNP-BC - Geriatric Nursing, Mental Health
Jason Slagle, PhD - Human Factors, Organizational Psychology
Kimberly Towers, BS - Law Enforcement, Community Member
Annette Vannilam, MD - Pediatric Gastroenterology
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, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Pediatric Psychology, Autism
Saralyn Williams, M.D. - Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, Toxicology