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IRB Personnel Directory

red_square.gif (813 bytes)   Director of IRB

Jamie Merrill, MPH, CIP, IRB Director
jcm57@bu.edu – (617) 358-6557

red_square.gif (813 bytes)   IRB Chairs

James Feldman, MD, MPH, (Chair, Panel Blue)
jfeldman@bu.edu – (617) 414-5972

Eric Devine, PhD (Vice Chair, Panel Blue; Vice Chair, Panel Green)
Eric.Devine@bmc.org – (617) 638-7888

Sanford Auerbach, MD (Chair, Panel Red; Vice Chair, Panel Orange)
sauerbac@bu.edu – (617) 638-8456

Stephen I. Pelton, MD (Chair, Panel Green)
spelton@bu.edu – (617) 414-7407

David Kaufman, Sc.D. (Chair, Panel Orange)
dwk@bu.edu – (617) 734-6006

red_square.gif (813 bytes)   IRB Administrative Staff

Lin Themelis, BA, MA, CIP, IRB Administrator
lint@bu.edu – (617) 358-5302

Mark Testerman, BS, CIP, Senior IRB Analyst II (Panel Green)
marktes@bu.edu – (617) 358-5365

Daly Franco, BA, CIP, Senior IRB Analyst (Panel Blue)
francod4@bu.edu – (617) 358-0828

Brandon Finn, BA, CIP, Senior IRB Analyst (Panel Orange)
brandonf@bu.edu – (617) 358-5301

Carolyn Swain, MPH, CIP, Senior IRB Analyst
cvswain@bu.edu – (617) 358-6556

Kat Mott, BA, IRB Analyst
kmott42@bu.edu – (617) 358-6558

Jerry Lu, BS, IRB Analyst
jerrylu@bu.edu – (617) 358-7384

Roz Schomer, IRB Reliance Specialist
roz@bu.edu – (617) 358-5329

Annette Wingard, IRB and OCR Administrative Secretary
awingard@bu.edu – (617) 358-5372

Khaled Khattar, BBA, IRB Application Administrator and Website Editor
kkhattar@bu.edu – (617) 358-5351

The BMC/BU Medical Campus IRB Offices are located at:
72 E Concord Street, Robinson 4 – Suite 414
Main number: (617) 358-5372
Fax number: (617) 358-5336
Office Hours:  8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., M-F

We encourage you to contact us at medirb@bu.edu with any questions, or by calling 617-358-5372.

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