Vanderbilt University Institutional Review Board
Health Sciences Committee #1
OHRP Registration Identification# IRB00000475
Multiple Project Assurance #M-1363-01

The Health Sciences Committee #1 meets every Thursday of the month at 11:00 A.M.  Meeting locations are subject to change. Please call the IRB administrative office to confirm meeting location at 322-2918.

COMMITTEE ROSTER
Effective February 1, 2003 - March 31, 2003

VOTING MEMBERS (10):

SPECIALTY:

Chair: Kenneth G. Smithson, D.O., Ph.D.

Anesthesia, Critical Care Medicine, Neurophysiology

Vice Chair: G. Kyle Rybczyk, M.S.N.

Nursing, Infectious Diseases
James B. Atkinson, M.D., Ph.D. Surgical Pathology, Oncology
Brenda J. Butka, M.D. Pulmonary
D. Gene Clark, M.H.A. Health Care Administration, Community Member 
William O. Cooper, M.D. Pediatrics
Elliot M. Fielstein, Ph.D. Clinical Neuropsychologist
Robert F. Labadie, M.D., Ph.D. Otolaryngology
A. Craig Lockhart, M.D. Hematology/Oncology
Michele Rose, M.S.W. Social Work (NS)

ALTERNATE MEMBERS:

Ban M. Allos, M.D. Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine

Carole A. Bach, Ph.D.

Nursing

Jordan D. Berlin, M.D. Medical Oncology
Auradha (Bapsi) Chakravarthy, M.D. Radiation Oncology

Helen Clark, M.S.S.W.

Social Work, Community Member (NS)

Melinda P. Cohen, M.S. Genetics, Children and Adults 

R. Steven Couch, M.D.

Pediatrics, Child Development Center

Katie L. Crumbo, M.S.N. Nursing, HIV

Barry L. Culbertson, M.Div.

Pastoral Services

Stacey Douglas, M.S.N. Oncology
Brian S. Donahue, M.D., Ph.D. Cardiothoracic Anesthesia

Kathleen Dwyer, Ph.D.

Nursing

Barbara Engelhardt, M.D.

Neonatology

John Y. Fang, M.D.

Neurology

Stuart G. Finder, Ph.D. Ethics
Candace Floyd Editor, Writer, Community Member (NS)
James T. Forbes, Ph.D. Medical Oncology, Immunology

Robert Fox, Ph.D.

Psychology/Neuroscience

Robert W. Green, Jr. Professional Woodworker (NS)

Jay R. Groves, Ed.D

Prisoner Representative, Cardiopulmonary Rehab

Harry E. Gwirtsman, M.D. Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry

Terry B. Hancock, Ph.D.

Early Childhood Special Education

Vickie Hannig, M.S.

Genetics

Simon W. Hayward, M.D. Urologic Surgery
Christa H. Hedstrom, Ed.D. Nursing, CRC

Richard Hoover, Ph.D.

Pathology

Roy (Ike) Ikenberry, Ph.D. Biological Sciences
Robert L. Janco, M.D. Pediatric Oncology
Lani A. Kajihara-Liehr, M.S.N. Pediatric Nursing

Lorna Kendrick, M.S.

Child/Adolescent Psychology

Jennifer Kissner, Ph.D. Pediatric Viruses, Vaccines

Joseph Lappin, Ph.D.

Psychology, Cognitive Science

Myung A. Lee, M.D. Psychiatry
Harold Moses, Jr., M.D. Neurology
Paul W. Ragan, M.D. Psychiatry
Todd Ricketts, Ph.D. Hearing and Speech

Deborah W. Rowe, Ph.D.

Teaching & Learning/Early Childhood

Katherine L. Ruffner, M.D. Hematology, Stem Cell Transplant
Margaret G. Rush, M.D. Pediatrics, Neonatology
Donna L. Seger, M.D. Toxicology

Barbara S. Turner, M.A.

Mathematics

Jan Van Eys, Ph.D., M.D.

Ethics, Peds Hematology/Oncology

Mary Kay Washington, M.D.

Surgical Pathology, Oncology

Gay Welch, Ph.D.

University Chaplain’s Office

Grant Wilkinson, Ph.D., D. Sc. Clinical Pharmacology
Nanci S. Woods, Ph.D. Developmental Psychology
Seth W. Wright, M.D. Emergency Medicine

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