Institutional Review Board: Biomedical
Overview
A federally mandated committee responsible for reviewing all human subjects research conducted at or sponsored by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, to ensure that it complies with federal regulations and campus policies for the protection of human subjects. At Illinois, there are two Institutional Review Boards (one for Social and Behavioral Research, and one for Biomedical Research). Effective 9/16/2022
Committee Status:
Active
Chair(s):
- Nicholas Burd, PHd (Scientist Affiliate)
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
naburd@illinois.edu
Officers:
- Hillary Schwarb, PhD – Vice Chair (Scientist Affiliate)
Research Scientist, Beckman Institute
schwarb2@illinois.edu
Members:
Voting Members
- Sarah Mumford (Non-Scientist Affiliate)
Director, OPRS
smumford@illinois.edu - Irfan Ahmad, PhD (Scientist Affiliate)
Assistant Dean for Research, CIMED
isahmad@illinois.edu - Linda Arseneau, BS (Non-Scientist Affiliate)
Associate Director/Biosafety Officer, DRS
lmarsene@illinois.edu - Maggie Berg, PhD (Scientist Affiliate)
Research Development Manager, IHSI
meberg@illinois.edu - Hannah Holscher, PhD, RD (Scientist Affiliate)
Associate Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition
hholsche@illinois.edu - Sandra Jones (Non-Scientist Non-Affiliate)
sajones518@outlook.com - Sayo Oshogwemoh, D.O. (Scientist Affiliate)
Professor Clinical Sciences
ismailo@illinois.edu - Sean Mullen, PhD (Scientist Affiliate)
Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
spmullen@illinois.edu - Ryan Young, PhD (Scientist Affiliate)
Research and Assessment Analyst, Office of Minority Student Affairs
young27@illinois.edu
Alternate Members
- Sheila Ferguson, LCSW (Non-Scientist Non-Affiliate)—for Jones
sferguson@ryle.com - Jennifer Ford, MS (Non-Scientist Affiliate)—for S. Jones
Assistant Director, OPRS
jnford2@illinois.edu - Patricia Jones, PhD (Scientist Affiliate)
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Compliance, OVCRI
pmjones5@illinois.edu - Justin Sun, MS (Non-Scientist Affiliate)—for S. Jones
Human Subjects Research Coordinator, OPRS
jasun013@illinois.edu - Kirstin Johnson, BS (Non-Scientist Affiliate)--for S. Jones
Human Subjects Research Specialist, OPRS
kjohn73@illinois.edu - Eleni Tzounakos, BS (Non-Scientist Affiliate)--for S. Jones
Human Subjects Research Specialist, OPRS
elenitz@illinois.edu - Evette Vlach, BS (Non-Scientist Affiliate)--for S. Jones
Human Subjects Research Specialist, OPRS
e-vlach@illinois.edu
Prisoner Representatives
- Jessie Krienert, PhD (Scientist Non-Affiliate)
Professor, Criminal Justice Sciences
jlkrien@ilstu.edu