BSPH Institutional Review Board (IRB) Introduction

👋 Welcome to the BSPH IRB Office

The mission of the IRB Office is to ensure the protection of the safety, rights, and welfare of all human participants in research studies conducted by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH) faculty, staff, and students in the U.S. and in countries around the world.
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) oversees two IRBs registered with the U.S. Office of Human Research Protections, IRB X and IRB FC, which meet weekly to review human subjects research applications for Bloomberg School faculty and students.

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✨ About the BSPH IRB

The major functions of the BSPH IRB are as follows:

Reviews studies for BSPH faculty and students
Serves as a HIPAA Privacy Board
Has two Boards (X and FC) that meet weekly
Posts all policies, guidance, and forms: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/offices-and-services/institutional-review-board-irb
- For general inquiries: bsph.irboffice@jhu.edu
- For help with the PHIRST electronic submission system: bsph.phirsthelp@jhu.edu
- For help with developing the content of research submissions: IRBNav@jh.edu

📸 Meet the team

Joan Pettit, JD, MA

Executive Director, IRB Office

Regulatory Advisor

jpettit@jhu.edu

Thomas Bradsher

Exempt/NHSR IRB Analyst

tbradsher@jhu.edu

Anne Fresia

IRB FC, IRB Analyst

Clinical Trials Advisor

afresia1@jhu.edu

Shirleen Harris

Sr. Quality Improvement Specialist

shharris@jhu.edu

Robin Holland

IRB FC, IRB Administrative Specialist

rholla10@jhu.edu

Tobey McGuiness

IRB X, IRB Analyst

IRB Navigator

tmcguin1@jh.edu

IRBNav@jh.edu

Nino Miragliuolo

IRB Administrative Coordinator

IRB Help Desk/PHIRST Help

lmirag11@jhu.edu

Shannon Owens

IRB X, IRB Administrative Specialist

sowens1@jhu.edu

Tariq Syed

Assistant Director, IRB Office

IRB FC, IRB Analyst

tsyed1@jhu.edu

Susan Trabing

IRB X, IRB Analyst

IRB Operations Administrator

strabing@jhu.edu

📡 Our Office

🎉 Latest updates

November 14, 2022

Please see the IRB's holiday meeting schedule:

Week of Nov. 21: IRB X meets 11/22, IRB FC 11/23 meeting cancelled

Week of Dec. 26: No IRB meetings

Week of Jan. 2: IRB X 1/3 meeting cancelled, IRB FC meets 1/4

Thank you, and have a safe and healthy holiday season!

🔍 Where to find us

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The BSPH IRB Office is currently working remotely.

Please send general questions to: BSPH.irboffice@jhu.edu
For PHIRST Help questions: BSPH.phirsthelp@jhu.edu
For help with PHIRST submissions: IRBNav@jh.edu

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The IRB Office operates under two Boards, IRB X and IRB FC

IRB X: Meets every Tuesday, 2:30 pm
IRB FC: Meets every Wednesday, 2:30 pm

The members of each Board are listed below:

IRB - X Members

IRB X oversees research that qualifies as Public Health Surveillance, Exempt, as well as non-Exempt research eligible for expedited review.

Name	Dept	Reviewer Expertise
Laura Caulfield, PhD Chair, IRB-X	IH	Maternal and child health, nutrition, and child health surveillance information systems
Stella O Babalola, PhD	HBS	Strategic communication, gender issues, adolescent reproductive health, and qualitative audience studies
Precious T Davis, PhD	Unaffiliated	Community member
Stephan Ehrhardt, MD	EPI	Clinical trials, prevention and treatment of infectious disease
Nicholas Ialongo, PhD	MH	Child mental health, developmental psychopathology, violence prevention
Vanya Jones, PhD	HBS	Program evaluation; injury prevention; violence; health education; youth fighting; health behavior; urban youth; mentoring; parents; school health; older adults
Ann Skinner, MSW	HPM	Survey research methods, patient-reported outcomes, mental health services research, health services research, mentally ill, elderly

IRB - FC Members

IRB FC oversees all research that poses greater than minimal risk to individuals and/or to groups.

Name	Dept	Reviewer Expertise
Joanne Katz, SCD Chair, IRB-FC	IH	Epidemiology, ophthalmology, biostatistics, community trials, blindness, visual impairment, glaucoma, cataract, trachoma, refractive error, ocular trauma, micronutrients, reproductive health
Sherry Adeyemi	Unaffiliated	Community member
Joseph Ali, JD	IH	Bioethics, research ethics, digital health, capacity strengthening consent, health policy and systems research, disease surveillance
Michele Decker, SCD	PFRH	Social epidemiology, gender-based violence (e.g., sexual assault, intimate partner violence, sex trafficking), its prevention, and its implications for sexual and reproductive health (e.g., STI/HIV, unintended pregnancy), using qualitative and quantitative methods.
Anna Durbin, MD	IH	International health, clinical trials, vaccine trials, phase 1 and 2 trials, flaviviruses, malaria, infectious diseases
Joe Gallo, MD	MH	Mental Health, depression in older adults, medical comorbidity, mixed methods in health services research
Margaret Himelfarb, MPH	Unaffiliated	Community member
Jill Owczarzak, PhD	HBS	Qualitative research methods medical anthropologist with expertise in exploring the influence of cultural, social, and political forces on health disparities
Vivian Rexroad, Pharm D	IH	Drugs, herbal, biological, vitamins, medications
Tiffany Roundtree	Unaffiliated	Community member
Andrea Ruff, MD	IH	HIV, pediatrics, TB

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