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

 

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
Nick LaCafta	Records Technician	860.486.8802	nicholas.lacafta@uconn.edu
Technical Support
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 (H20-XXX)	Doug Bradway Jerry McMurray Diane Sainsbury
Expedited Review (H20-XXX)	Diane Sainsbury Doug Bradway
Limited IRB Review (L20-XXX)	Doug Bradway Joan Levine
Exempt IRB Review (X20-XXX)	Nick LaCafta
Amendments and Re-Approvals to Full Board and Expedited	Jerry McMurray
Protocol Deviations	Doug Bradway Jerry McMurray
Adverse Events	Doug Bradway Joan Levine
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 Jerry McMurray Nick LaCafta
IRB Authorization Agreements/Involvement of other Domestic or Foreign Academic Institutions/Use of IRB Authorization Agreements	Doug Bradway Jerry McMurray Nick LaCafta
Training
General Human Subjects Training and Education, Requests for Training, Workshops, and Presentations	Joan Levine
Certificates of Confidentiality
Questions, Required Institutional Assurances	Any IRB Staff Member

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.

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
• Jaci L. VanHeest, PhD, IRB Vice-Chair, Educational Psychology
• Douglas Bradway, MA, CIP, Research Integrity and Compliance Services
• Jeffrey Burke, PhD, Psychological Sciences
• Ock Chun, PhD, MPH, Nutritional Sciences
• John Christensen, PhD, Communication
• William Dennett, MA, Community/Unaffiliated Member
• Ethel Mantzaris, BA, Community/Unaffiliated Member (Prisoner Representative)
• I’Jaaz Muhammad, BE, Biomedical Engineering (Graduate Student Representative)
• Emily Myers, PhD, Psychological Sciences; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
• Lisa Sanetti, PhD, Educational Psychology
• Diana M. Sobieraj, PharmD, Pharmacy Practice
• Martha Sternberg-Ennis, MD, Student Health Services
• Kristin Bissell, MD, Alternate IRB Member, Student Health Services
• Deborah Fein, PhD, Alternate IRB Member, Psychological Sciences