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 – July 1, 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
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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)
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
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
Gregory Kyle Rybczyk, FNP-BC, CIM, CIP - Infectious Diseases, Nursing