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What Do Each of Our Teams Do?

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This team leads and manages the IRB staff.

Directors and Operations Managers can answer questions about:

  • Any Type of Application Reviewed by the IRB
  • Applicability of Fees, and Fee Appeals
  • Whether Your Project Needs IRB Approval
  • Guidelines, Regulations, and Policies
  • General Questions about the IRB
  • Help with the ERICA System and the IRB Website

This team manages our front desk and provides support to all of the IRB's staff teams.

Contact the Administrative Support Team for:

  • General Questions about the IRB
  • Help with the ERICA System
  • Human Subjects Training Help (e.g. CITI Training)
  • IRB Fees and invoices
  • Scheduling Requests, including Events and Presentations
  • SIRB Reliance Consultation Scheduling

This team reviews Report Forms, conducts routine and for-cause audits, and manages quality assurance/improvement initiatives for the IRB.

The Quality & Compliance Team can answer questions about:

  • Report Forms, Participant Complaints, Unanticipated Problems, Protocol Deviations, Non-Compliance
  • IRB Guidelines, Regulations, and Policies
  • General Questions about the IRB
  • Help with the ERICA System

This team manages board members and conducts all convened board meetings.

The Convened Board Administration Team can answer questions about:

  • Convened Board review processes
  • Board member recruitment, onboarding, and training
  • IRB Guidelines, Regulations, and Policies
  • General Questions about the IRB

This team pre-reviews, prepares, and processes studies reviewed by the Convened Board.

The Convened Board Review Team can answer questions about:

  • New Study Applications
  • Continuing Review Applications
  • Amendment Applications
  • Board Meeting Outcomes

This team pre-reviews, prepares, and processes studies that qualify for expedited or exempt review.

The Expedited & Exempt Review Team can answer questions about:

  • New Study Applications
  • Continuing Review Applications
  • Amendment Applications
  • Expedited and Exempt Review Outcomes

This team handles reliance negotiations and pre-reviews for multi-site research using a single IRB (SIRB).

The Single IRB (SIRB) Reliance Team specializes in:

  • Reliance consultation requests
  • Reliance agreement negotiation
  • SIRB processes
  • Applicability of SIRB Fees, and SIRB Fee Appeals
  • SIRB/CIRB studies
  • Guidelines, Regulations, and Policies
  • Help with the ERICA System
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IRB Front Desk

Administrative Support

Email: irb@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-581-3655

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Josi Bitencourt

Administrative Assistant

Email: josi.bitencourt@utah.edu
Phone: 801-587-9135

Melinda Boulter

Administrator (Part-Time)

Email: melinda.boulter@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-213-9092

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Heather Brown

Administrator

Email: bheather.brown@utah.edu
Phone: 801-213-7155

Lindsey Byrd

Administrator

Email: lindsey.byrd@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-587-9134

Lacy Clegg

Administrator

Email: lacy.clegg@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-2360

Ammon Pate

Operations Manager, Quality & Compliance Team

Email: ammon.pate@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-581-8220

Anna Shirley

Administrator (Part-Time)

Email: anna.shirley@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-213-7159

Emma Tkachuck

Administrator

Email: emma.tkachuck@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-213-7160

Courtney Crist

Administrator

Email: courtney.crist@utah.edu
Phone: 801-213-7405

Shellie Cunningham

Administrator

Email: shellie.cunningham@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-213-7157

April Edwards

Operations Manager, Convened Board Review Team & Board Administration Team

Email: april.edwards@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-581-8236

Heather Jewett

Administrator

Email: heather.jewett@hsc.utah.edu
Phone:

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Jeanette Nelson

Administrator

Email: jeanette.r.nelson@utah.edu
Phone: 801-213-7163

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Isabelle Howcroft

Clerk

Email: isabelle.howcroft@utah.edu
Phone: 801-581-3655

Gary Henderson

Operations Manager, Expedited & Exempt Review Team

Email: gary.henderson@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-6307

Annie Huff

Administrator

Email: annie.huff@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-581-7543

Militza Martinez

Administrator

Email: Militza.Martinez@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-1116

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Milana Perepyolkina

Administrator

Email: milana.perepyolkina@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-6037

Stephanie Siqueira

Administrator

Email: stephanie.siqueira@utah.edu
Phone: 801-581-3210

Kelsey Knight

Administrator

Email: kelsey.knight@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-581-4509

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Lindsey Martineau

Administrator, SIRB Reliance Team

Email: lindsey.martineau@utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-5363

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Lisa Rigtrup

Operations Manager, SIRB Reliance Team

Email: lisa.rigtrup@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-213-7158

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Ryane Sorenson

Administrator, SIRB Reliance Team

Email: ryane.sorenson@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-0302

Hannah Owen

Administrator

Email: hannah.owen@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-581-3655

Anthon Wood

Administrator

Email: anthon.wood@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-0940

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Annie Risenmay

Director

Email: annie.risenmay@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-587-9137

Cynthia Shaw

Administrator

Email: cynthia.shaw@utah.edu
Phone: 801-646-8289

More Information

Office of Research Integrity & Compliance

Past or prospective participants or their designated representatives, study teams, and others who wish to ask questions, express concerns, or provide general feedback regarding the Human Research Protection Program to someone independent of the IRB may contact the Office of Research Integrity and Compliance by calling 801-581-7170.

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