IMPORTANT NOTICE
Our staff are working entirely remotely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Phone lines are still operational and messages are checked daily. Any of our staff members are always happy to set up a telephone or Zoom call to assist you.
General
Johnnie SanchezCompliance Assistant | 646-962-8200 | irb@med.cornell.edu |
Senior IRB Management
Melissa Epstein, PhD, MBE, CIPExecutive Director, Human Research Protections & Compliance | 646-962-8200 | |
Rui Ferreira, MA, CIPAssociate Director, HRP Operations | 646-962-8200 | |
Sarah Leon, CIPAssistant Director, IRB Operations | 646-962-8200 | |
Lauren Blumberg, MPH, MSAssistant Director, Regulatory Compliance | 646-962-8200 |
HRP Operations/IRB Support Team
Yefrenia Henriquez Taveras, MPH, MHA, CHESClinical Research Program Manager and Sr. Research Navigator | 646-962-4093 | yeh7003@med.cornell.edu |
Kaori Kubo Germano, PhDClinical Research Program Manager and Sr. Research Navigator | 646-962-4086 | kkg4003@med.cornell.edu |
Isabel BustamenteSr. Resaerch Compliance QA & Education Manager | 646-962-4089 | isb4005@med.cornell.edu |
Cecilia Brooke Cholka, PhD, CIPSr. Research Compliance QA & Education Manager | 646-962-2963 | cbc4001@med.cornell.edu |
Jessica Kisenwether, PhD, CCC-SLP, CIPSr. Research Compliance QA & Education Manager | 646-962-2960 | jek4010@med.cornell.edu |
Human Research Compliance Team
Lauren OdynockiSr. Human Research Compliance Specialist ClinicalTrials.gov Administrator | 646-962-4065 | |
Kelly Ann Balem, RN, CPNSr. Human Research Compliance Specialist Cancer DSMC Administrator | 646-962-4456 | kab3012@med.cornell.edu |
OPEN POSITIONHuman Research Compliance Specialist Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research | 646-962-8200 | |
German JimenezHuman Research Compliance & Reliance Manager Single IRB Administrator | 646-962-4088 | gej4002@med.cornell.edu |
Cancer IRB Team
Cynthia Franco, MHAManager | 646-962-4055 | |
Margaret Mackenzie, MMSr. IRB Analyst | 646-962-4064 | mam3012@med.cornell.edu |
Reba YohannanSr. IRB Analyst | 646-962-6981 | rvy2002@med.cornell.edu |
Sabah MahmudIRB Analyst | 646-962-4010 | |
Rajvi ParmarIRB Analyst | (646) 962-4499 | rap4021@med.cornell.edu |
General-Expedited IRB Team
Alyssa Wheeler, RNManager | 646-962-4081 | akw4002@med.corell.edu |
Spencer Campbell, MFASr. IRB Analyst | 646-962-4052 | spc3001@med.cornell.edu |
Antoinette Kohlman, MHROD, MA, PhDSr. IRB Analyst | 646-962-4479 | ank4020@med.cornell.edu |
Alicia CaldwellIRB Analyst | 646-962-4405 | alc4020@med.cornell.edu |
Laura Dintsch, MPAIRB Analyst | 646-962-4084 | lad4007@med.cornelledu |
Anjani Singh, MDIRB Analyst | 646-962-4092 | aks4013@med.cornell.edu |
General IRB Team
Kristine Pangilinan, BSNManager | 646-962-4068 | krp2007@med.cornell.edu |
Yaritza SaavedraSr. IRB Analyst | 646-962-4070 | yas2008@med.cornell.edu |
Jessica Ordax, MA, CIPSr. IRB Analyst | 646-962-2960 | |
Karen HawkinsSr. IRB Analyst | 646-962-8200 | |
Brandon BryanIRB Analyst | 646-962-7068 | brb7013@med.cornell.edu |
Lindsay Ropchock, JDIRB Analyst | 646-962-4090 | lir4007@med.cornell.edu |
Kortney Rogers, MHAIRB Analyst | 646-962-4091 | kor7002@med.cornell.edu |
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