IRB Personnel Directory
Director of IRB
Mary A. Banks, RN, BS, BSN , Director of the Office of the Institutional Review Board and Human Subjects Protection
mbanks@bu.edu – (617) 638-7207
IRB Chairs
James Feldman, MD (Chair)
jfeldman@bu.edu – (617) 414-5972
Eric Devine, PhD (Vice Chair)
Eric.Devine@bmc.org – (617) 638-7888
Sanford Auerbach, M.D. (Chair)
sauerbac@bu.edu – (617) 638-8456
Lynn Borgatta, M.D. (Chair)
Lynn.Borgatta@bmc.org – (617) 414-3440
Stephen I. Pelton, M.D. (Vice-Chair)
spelton@bu.edu – (617) 414-7407
David Kaufman, Sc.D. (Chair)
dwk@bu.edu – (617) 734-6006
IRB Administrative Staff
Lucas Breen, MS, Associate Director
lbreen@bu.edu – (617) 414-1347
Eliana Meirowitz Nelson, BA, Senior IRB Analyst II – Panel Blue
elianam@bu.edu – (617) 638-7913
Jamie Merrill, MPH, IRB Analyst – Panel Blue
jcm57@bu.edu – (617) 638-7202
Patricia Pierre, BA, IRB Analyst – Panel Green
pierrep@bu.edu – (617) 638-7201
Matthew Ogrodnik, BA, IRB Analyst – Panel Green
maogrodn@bu.edu – (617) 414-1316
Jesse P. Anderson, IRB Analyst – Panel Orange
jessea@bu.edu – (617) 638-7232
Debbie Perez, BA, Senior IRB Analyst – Panel Purple
deborapr@bu.edu – (617) 414-1317
Rita Cosgrove, Senior IRB Analyst II – Panel Red (Expedited/Exempt Panel)
ritajc@bu.edu – (617) 638-7266
Kathryn Jones, BA, IRB Analyst – Panel Red (Expedited/Exempt Panel)
joneske@bu.edu – (617) 638-7233
Roz Schomer, IRB Coordinator, Exempt Reviews
roz@bu.edu – (617) 414-1320
Annette Wingard, IRB and OCR Administrative Secretary
awingard@bu.edu – (617) 638-7207
Khaled Khattar, BBA, IRB Application Administrator and Website Editor
kkhattar@bu.edu – (617) 638-7203
The BUMC IRB Offices are located at:
560 Harrison Avenue, 3rd Floor – Suite 300
Main number: 617-638-7207
Fax number: 617-638-7234 (Internally, be careful to dial 8-7234 and not 4-7234)
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., M-F
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