Health Sciences Committee #2

Vanderbilt Human Research Protection Program
Health Sciences Committee 2 – Institutional Review Board
OHRP Registration Identification – IRB00000476

 

The Health Sciences Committee 2 meets every Wednesday 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)

Manus Donahue, Ph.D. - Chair

Elizabeth Davis, M.D. - Vice Chair

Sanjay Mohan, MD - Vice Chair

Bret Alvis, M.D.

Jordan Garcia, MD

Brenton Harrison, BBA

Anna Lopez

Helen Naylor, MS

Terrin Tamati, PhD

Joern-Hendrik Weitkamp, MD

Radiology, Neurology

Hematology, Oncology

Hematology, Oncology

Critical Care/ Anesthesiology

Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery

Business, Community Member (NS, NA)

Prisoner Rep, Community Member (NS, NA)

Biochemistry; Informatics

Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery

Neonatology, Pediatric Infectious Disease

 

  • Alexander Agthe, MD PhD - Neonatology
    Robert Anderson, DNP - Pediatric Medicine
    Mallory Blasingame, MA, MSIS - Library Sciences
    Jessika Boles, PhD, CCLS - Educational Psychology, Child Life
    Jennifer Bounds - Homemaker, Community Member (NS, NA)
    Naweed Chowdhury, MD - Otolaryngology
    Ciaran Considine, Ph.D. - Neurology, Cognitive Disorders
    Mistey Cook, BS - Public Relations, Community Member (NS)
    Walter Dehority, M.D. - Pediatric Infectious Disease
    Spencer DesAutels, MLIS - Knowledge management
    Stephany Duda, Ph.D. - Biomedical Informatics
    Jennifer Gaddy, PhD - Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
    Elizabeth Harris, MSEdu, BS Mech Eng, BS PhySci - Prisoner Representative, Community Member (NS)
    Christopher Hughes, MD - Anesthesiology, Critical Care
    James Jackson, PsyD - Psychology
    Natalia Jimenez-Truque, Ph.D. - Pediatrics Infectious Disease
    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
    Cathy Maxwell, Ph.D., RN - Nursing, Research on Aging
    James Muldowney, MD - Cardiology
    Harvey Murff, M.D. - Internal Medicine
    Maria Niarchou, PhD - Genetic Medicine
    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
    Anna Pfalzer, PhD - Neurology
    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
    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
    Amy Weitlauf, Ph.D - Pediatric Psychology, Autism
    James Wilkinson, MD, MPH - Pediatrics
    Jo Wilson, MD, PhD, MPH - Psychiatry, Epidemiology
    Mary Wood, Ph.D. - Psychiatry

    Gregory Kyle Rybczyk, FNP-BC, CIM, CIP - Infectious Diseases, Nursing