VUMC Home | Office of Research | General Research Information | Clinical Trials Center
General Clinical Research Center | Research Billing Compliance | Search VUMC

Vanderbilt University Institutional Review Board
1313 21st Avenue South
504 Oxford House
Nashville, TN 37232-4315
(615) 322-2918 (phone)
(615) 343-2648 (fax)


VOTING MEMBERS (5)
SPECIALTY
Chair - Ron Price, Ph.D. Radiology and Radiological Sciences
Vice-Chair - Dominique Delbeke, M.D., Ph.D. Nuclear Medicine
Bapsi Chakravarthy, M.D. Radiation Oncology
Jeffrey Clanton, M.S., B.C.N.P. Radiopharmacy
James Patton, Ph.D. Radiology and Radiological Sciences
ALTERNATE MEMBERS
SPECIALTY
Randy Brill, M.D. Radiology
Reza Habibian, M.D. Nuclear Medicine
Elaine Levine, B.S. Nuclear Pharmacy
Bo Lu, M.D. Radiation Oncology
Martin Sandler Nuclear Medicine

Vanderbilt's Human Subjects Radiation Committee (HSRC) must approve all research proposals involving radiation exposure (x-rays or radionuclides) of human subjects from routine diagnostic or therapeutic procedures used in a supporting role, and which the subject would otherwise not receive as a part of his/her standard medical care. The HSRC application form and guidelines should be used for research projects that do not involve the use of "non-approved" radioactive drugs for pre-Phase 1 research. If you need help in completing an HSRC application and/or estimating the radiation dose, please contact the IRB to have the Radiaton Dose Calculation Member of the HSRC assist you.

For an application form, a list of radiation doses, or examples of risk statements, please go to the IRB Forms page.

Vanderbilt's Radioactive Drug Research Committee (RDRC) is authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve research projects involving the use of certain "non-approved" radioactive drugs for pre-Phase 1 research which would otherwise require approval from the FDA in the form of an Investigational New Drug (IND). Use the RDRC application form and guidelines to submit proposals to the RDRC. If you need help in completing and RDRC application and/or estimating the radiation dose, contact the IRB to have the Radiation Dose Calculation Member of the RDRC assist you.

For an application form, a list of radiation doses, or examples of risk statements, please go to the IRB Forms page.