Vanderbilt University Institutional Review Board
Health Sciences Committee #1
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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 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

Joe K. Shelton, M. Div.

Minister

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

Ronald L. Cowan, M.D., Ph.D.

Psychiatry

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

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

Samuel R. Hutchins, D. Min.

Minister

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

Anne O'Duffy, M.D.

Neurology

Paul W. Ragan, M.D.

Psychiatry

Todd Rice, M.D.

Pulmonary Medicine

Todd Ricketts, Ph.D.

Hearing and Speech

Michele Rose, M.S.W.

Social Work

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

David Schlundt, Ph.D.

Behavior Medicine, Health Psychology, Diabetes, Obesity, Eating Disorders

Donna L. Seger, M.D.

Toxicology

Barbara S. Turner, M.A.

Mathematics

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

Ethics, Peds Hematology/Oncology

Zia Wahid, M.D.

Psychiatry

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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