Health Sciences Committee #1

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 – May 28, 2026

VOTING MEMBERS (9)

Natalia Jimenez-Truque, Ph.D.- Chair

Mallory Blasingame, MA, MSIS - Vice Chair

Michelle Martin-Pozo, Ph.D.

Jennifer Bounds

Mistey Cook, BS

Jo Wilson, MD, PhD, MPH

James Muldowney, MD

Brianna Smith, MD

Poppy Krump, MSIS

 

Pediatrics Infectious Disease

Library Sciences

Infectious Disease

Homemaker, Community Member (NS, NA)

Public Relations, Community Member (NS)

Psychiatry, Epidemiology

Cardiology

Pediatric Hematology

Information Scientist

 

  • 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
    Ciaran Considine, Ph.D. - Neurology, Cognitive Disorders
    Elizabeth Davis, M.D. - Hematology, Oncology
    Spencer DesAutels, MLIS - Knowledge management
    Manus Donahue, Ph.D. - Radiology, Neurology
    Stephany Duda, Ph.D. - Biomedical Informatics
    Jennifer Gaddy, PhD - Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
    Stephanie Rolsma, MD - Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics
    Elizabeth Harris, MSEdu, BS Mech Eng, BS PhySci - Prisoner Representative, Community Member (NS)
    Brenton Harrison, BBA - Business, Community Member (NS, NA)
    Lani Kajihara-Liehr, DNP - Pediatrics, Nursing
    Taneya Koonce, MSLS, MPH - Information Sciences, Public Health
    Sheila Kusnoor, Ph.D. - Neuroscience/Health Knowledge Information
    Jennifer Ledford, PhD - Special Education
    Sanjay Mohan, MD - Hematology, Oncology
    Helen Naylor, MS - Biochemistry; Informatics
    Christopher O'Conor, MD - Pathology
    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
    Jason Slagle, PhD - Human Factors, Organizational Psychology
    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
    Gregory Kyle Rybczyk, FNP-BC, CIM, CIP - Infectious Diseases, Nursing

    Carol Wallace, RN - Neuro-Behavioral and Cognitive

    Ciaran Considine, Ph.D. - Neurology, Cognitive Disorders

    Anna Pfalzer, Ph.D. - Neurology

    Lindsay Nelson, Ph.D. - Internal Medicine 

    Harvey Murff, M.D., MPH - Internal Medicine 

    Kilian Hett, Ph.D. - Neurology