Integrated Sciences Committee

Vanderbilt Human Research Protection Program
Integrated Sciences Committee – Institutional Review Board
OHRP Registration Identification – IRB00000477

 

The Integrated Sciences Committee meets the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 8:30AM. Meeting locations are subject to change. Please call the VHRPP office to confirm meeting location (322-2918).

Effective – June 2, 2025

VOTING MEMBERS (11)

Taneya Koonce, MSLS, MPH - Chair

Jessika Boles, PhD, CCLS - Vice Chair

Jennifer Ledford, PhD - Vice Chair

Ciaran Considine, Ph.D.

Jennifer Gaddy, PhD

Elizabeth Harris, MSEdu, BS Mech Eng, BS PhySci

Sheila Kusnoor, Ph.D.

Christopher O'Conor, MD

Jason Slagle, PhD

Kimberly Towers, BS

Kathleen VonWahlde, MJ, BA, CCRP

Information Sciences, Public Health

Educational Psychology, Child Life

Special Education

Neurology, Cognitive Disorders

Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

Prisoner Representative,Community Member(NS)

Neuroscience/Health Knowledge Information

Pathology

Human Factors, Organizational Psychology

Law Enforcement, Community Member (NS, NA)

Otolaryngology/Oncology, Clinical Trial Management

 

  • Alexander Agthe, MD PhD - Neonatology
    Bret Alvis, M.D. - Critical Care/ Anesthesiology
    Robert Anderson, DNP - Pediatric Medicine
    Mallory Blasingame, MA, MSIS - Library Sciences
    Jennifer Bounds - Homemaker, Community Member (NS, NA)
    Naweed Chowdhury, MD - Otolaryngology
    Mistey Cook, BS - Public Relations, Community Member (NS)
    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
    Brenton Harrison, BBA - Business, Community Member (NS, NA)
    Christopher Hughes, MD - Anesthesiology, Critical Care
    James Jackson, PsyD - Psychology
    Natalia Jimenez-Truque, Ph.D. - Pediatrics Infectious Disease
    Stephanie Rolsma, MD, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics
    Lani Kajihara-Liehr, DNP - Pediatrics, Nursing
    Poppy Krump, MSIS - Information Scientist
    Anna Lopez - Prisoner Rep, Community Member (NS, NA)
    Cathy Maxwell, Ph.D., RN - Nursing, Research on Aging
    Sanjay Mohan, MD - Hematology, Oncology
    James Muldowney, MD - Cardiology
    Harvey Murff, M.D. - Internal Medicine
    Helen Naylor, MS - Biochemistry; Informatics
    Maria Niarchou, PhD - Genetic Medicine
    Michael O'Connor, M.D. - Pediatric Pulmonology
    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
    Terrin Tamati, PhD - Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery
    Emmanuel Volanakis, MD - Pediatric Hematology, Oncology
    Mary Washington, M.D., Ph.D. - Pathology, Immunology
    Joern-Hendrik Weitkamp, MD - Neonatology, Pediatric Infectious Disease
    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