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 – March 3, 2025

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

 

  • 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
    Jennifer Gaddy, PhD - Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
    Jordan Garcia, MD - Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery
    Elizabeth Harris, MSEdu, BS Mech Eng, BS PhySci - Prisoner Representative, Community Member (NS)
    Brenton Harrison, BBA - Business, Community Member (NS, NA)
    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
    Poppy Krump, MSIS - Information Scientist
    Sheila Kusnoor, Ph.D. - Neuroscience/Health Knowledge Information
    Marianna LaNoue, PhD - Psychology/ Geriatrics
    Jennifer Ledford, PhD - Special Education
    Anna Lopez - Prisoner Rep, Community Member (NS, NA)
    Cathy Maxwell, Ph.D., RN - Nursing, Research on Aging
    Sanjay Mohan, MD - Hematology, Oncology
    Helen Naylor, MS - Biochemistry; Informatics
    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