Serve as the Biomedical IRB for Augusta University, AU Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Georgia, Georgia War Veteran's Nursing Home, and the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Centers (Uptown and Downtown).

Charge: Serve as the Biomedical IRB for Augusta University, AU Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Georgia, Georgia War Veteran's Nursing Home, and the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Centers (Uptown and Downtown). IRB A meets once a month to review new study applications, amendment applications and Continuing Review applications. Agendas are assigned based on date of expiration (for Continuing Review applications), expertise available on the IRB, number of attending Board members, or based on the order in which completed applications are correctly submitted to the IRB.

Sponsor

SVP Research

Chair

Jose Vazquez

Membership Roster

Members Role Constituency Representing Term
Matthew Aitken Alternate Prisoner Representative Community July 2021 - June 2022
Vishal Arora Member Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Dustin Avent-Holt Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Deepak Nag Ayyala Member Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Stephanie Baer Vice-Chair Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Kimberly Basso Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Ram Bishnoi Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Monique Brabham Alternate Community July 2021 - June 2022
Soumia Brakta Member Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Phoebe Burda Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
IRB Coordinator,
Tiffany Coleman
Alternate Staff July 2021 - June 2022
Jorge Cortes Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Paul Danier Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Lawrence Fetters Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Thomas Flynt Member Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Elizabeth Fox Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Loralyn Franke Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Robert Gibson Vice-Chair Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Dan-Victor Giurgiutiu Member Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Chris Houk Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Donald Jenkins Alternate Prisoner Representative Community July 2021 - June 2022
J Johnson Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Thomas Joshua Alternate Staff July 2021 - June 2022
Finley Limehouse Member Pastor-Ethics Community July 2021 - June 2022
Rhea-Beth Markowitz Member Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Daniel McCollum Member Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Wesley Meares Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Renuka Mehta Member Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Cheryl Newman Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Terence O'keeffe Member Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Cecil Page Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Karen Panzitta Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Greg Passmore Member Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Jean Pawl Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Frank Penha Alternate Chaplain-Ethics Community July 2021 - June 2022
Marjorie Phillips Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Michael Priebe Alternate Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Willie Saunders Member Attorney-Pediatric Advocate Community July 2021 - June 2022
Yang Shi Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Dilip Singh Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Catherine Slade Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Senior IRB Analyst,
Erin Smith
Alternate Staff July 2021 - June 2022
Sarah Spears Alternate Community July 2021 - June 2022
Traci Stewart Alternate Community July 2021 - June 2022
Sandarsh Surya Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Sandra Swearingen Alternate Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Holly Tabernik Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Angela Toole Alternate Staff July 2021 - June 2022
Jose Vazquez Committee Chair Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Neal Weintraub Alternate Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Heather Wilson Alternate Staff July 2021 - June 2022
Julie Zadinsky Member Faculty July 2021 - June 2022
Paul Zielinski Alternate Community July 2021 - June 2022