Office of the Vice President for Research
Research Compliance Services/IRB
438 Whitney Rd. Ext., Unit 1246
Storrs, CT 06269-1246

 

Name	Title	Phone	Email
Doug Bradway	IRB Program Director	860.486.0986	doug.bradway@uconn.edu
Joan Levine	Education & QA/QI Specialist	860.486.7145	joan.levine@uconn.edu
Jerome McMurray	IRB Program Specialist	860.486.5736	jerome.mcmurray@uconn.edu
Diane Sainsbury	IRB Program Specialist	860.486.5944	diane.sainsbury@uconn.edu
Technical Support
Nick LaCafta	Records Technician	860.486.8802	nicholas.lacafta@uconn.edu
Research IT Help Desk		860.486.7944	era-support@uconn.edu

For questions about:                                                                           Contact:

InfoEd Submissions
Technical Questions/Troubleshooting	Research IT Help Desk
Non-Technical Questions – submission components, routing, etc.	Jerry McMurray Nick LaCafta Doug Bradway
InfoEd Data Entry Questions/Concerns & Expiration and Reminder Notices	Nick LaCafta
IRB Submission Type
Full Board Review (H19-XXX)	Doug Bradway
Expedited Review (H19-XXX)	Diane Sainsbury Doug Bradway
Limited IRB Review (L19-XXX)	Doug Bradway
Exempt IRB Review (X19-XXX)	Joan Levine
Amendments and Re-Approvals to Full Board and Expedited	Jerry McMurray
Protocol Deviations	Doug Bradway
Adverse Events	Doug Bradway
Involvement of Other IRBs/Other Non-UConn Investigators
Non-UConn investigators listed on protocol submissions/Use of Individual Investigator Agreements	Doug Bradway Jerry McMurray
Cooperative Agreements with UConn Health, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Jackson Labs (Farmington, CT)	Doug Bradway
IRB Authorization Agreements/Involvement of other Domestic or Foreign Academic Institutions/Use of IRB Authorization Agreements	Doug Bradway Jerry McMurray
Training
General Human Subjects Training and Education, Requests for Training, Workshops, and Presentations	Joan Levine
Certificates of Confidentiality
Questions, Required Institutional Assurances	Doug Bradway

IRB Members

The IRB is composed of members of the University community and the local community. The individual members contribute the professional competency necessary to review specific research activities representing a broad range of disciplines through experience and expertise in their fields. In addition, the IRB seeks diversity in race, gender and cultural backgrounds to promote sensitivity to community attitudes and respect for the rights and welfare of human subjects. If you are interested in serving on the IRB, contact the IRB Office. For more information about membership on the IRB please see the Policy and Procedures Manual.

The fully convened IRB meets approximately every three weeks on the Storrs campus and is made up of the following members:

 

Pamela I. Erickson, PhD, IRB Chair Anthropology Phone: 860.486.5123 Fax: 860.486-1044 pamela.erickson@uconn.edu	Ethel Mantzaris, BA Community/Unaffiliated Member (Prisoner Representative)
TBD, IRB Vice Chair	Lisa Sanetti, PhD Educational Psychology
Douglas Bradway, MA, CIP Research Compliance Services	Stephany Santos, MS Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Member
William Dennett, MA Community/Unaffiliated Member	Diana M. Sobieraj, Pharm D Pharmacy Practice
Deborah Fein, PhD Psychological Sciences	Martha Sternberg-Ennis, MD Student Health Services
Alternate IRB Members Kristin Bissell, MD Student Health Services TBD