IRBMED Roster, Office Personnel, and Emergencies/On-Call

EMERGENCIES/CHAIRS ON CALL

If you have an emergency related to human subject research and need to reach the IRBMED, please call our office during business hours or, after hours, the UM operator at (734) 936-4000 and ask them to page the designated Chair on call.

Examples of emergency situations include (but are not limited to):

• A serious, research-related unanticipated problem that requires immediate IRB attention
• “Emergency use” (i.e., treatment) of a patient with an agent unapproved by the FDA when that treatment must commence within 24 hours
• Enrollment of a ward of the state on a study approved under 45 CFR 46.406 or 407.
• Enrollment of a patient who is also a prisoner onto a research trial (when the study has not been previously approved under the prisoner regulations and certified with OHRP). See “Subject Incarceration” guidance for more information.
• Health and well-being reasons to continue a research intervention on a subject who becomes incarcerated (when the study has not been previously approved under the prisoner regulations and certified with OHRP). See “Subject Incarceration” guidance for more information.

SENIOR STAFF

Joshua Fedewa, MS, CIP
Director
Amy Skyles, PharmD
Assistant Director
Purna Garimella, MS, CIP, RAC
Assistant Director

SUPPORT STAFF

David Andrews, BA, MA
Board Secretary
Patti Meredith
Receptionist

SPECIALIZED COORDINATORS

Jill Baker, MSW, MA
Technical Writer (Meeting Minutes)
Cecilia Brenner, CIP
sIRB Ceding Applications
Catherine Dowling, MD, CCRP
Principal Associate Regulatory Analyst
Angela Faber, BS, CIP
Senior Associate Regulatory Analyst
Jennifer Galland, MHA, CIP
Principal Associate Regulatory Analyst
Megan Halvorson, BS, CCRP
Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst
Christine Poulsen, MLA
Education Coordinator
Nicole Robson, MHA
sIRB Accepting/Authorization Agreements
Brian Seabolt, BA
Senior Technical Writer
Cameron Shultz, Ph.D., MSW
Senior Research Compliance Specialist
Lark Speyer, BS, CIP
Coordinator

EXPEDITED REVIEW REGULATORY COORDINATORS

Nitya Chandra, PhD
Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst
​Lori Cooper, MA
Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst
Neale Danridge, MBA
Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst
Allison Kanous, BS, CIP
Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst
Karen King, BA
Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst
Liz LeMay, MBA
Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst
Justin Massey, BS, CCRP
Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst
Markeda Richard, BS 
Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst
Patricia (Patti) Rose, BA, MDiv
Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst
Samantha Scheer, BA
Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst
Monica Scott
Junior Associate Regulatory Analyst
Daniayl Shamim, MPH
Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst
Bethany Vibbart, MS, CIP
Expedited Team Lead

FULL-BOARD REGULATORY COORDINATORS

Megan Boyt, M.Ed., CIP
Senior Associate Regulatory Analyst
Ann Dillon, BS, CIP
Senior Associate Regulatory Analyst
Carol Hutsko, BBA, CIP
Senior Associate Regulatory Analyst
Julia Ryan, MS, RD, LD, MACPR, CIP
Senior Associate Regulatory Analyst
Monica Stiddom, BA, CIP
Senior Associate Regulatory Analyst
Wendy Ulmer, BBA
Senior Associate Regulatory Analyst

CHAIRS

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

NCRC Maps and Directions webpage

University of Michigan Federalwide Assurance

The University of Michigan Registrations with FDA and OHRP

• Registration Name and Number: U of Michigan, IORG0000144  
• UM Federalwide Assurance (FWA) #00004969

The University of Michigan's Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) are registered with the HHS Office of Human Research Protections and, in compliance with the new HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule issued on July 14, 2009, with FDA. 

FDA’s new requirement operates in coordination with the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), which already requires registration for IRBs reviewing federally-supported research.  A single database of all U.S. IRBs, regardless of whether they review research regulated by FDA or other federal agencies, has been established.

Registration information can be accessed via the HHS Registration page. In the search field "Institution/Organization" enter "U of Michigan" to verify UM registration.

If you have any questions about this information please contact the IRBMED Office.