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 2023 - June 2024
Daniel Anderson Member Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Vishal Arora Member Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Stephanie Baer Member Veteran’s Administration Augusta Health Care System Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Kimberly Basso Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Soumia Brakta Member Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Phoebe Burda Alternate Veteran’s Administration Augusta Health Care System Staff July 2023 - June 2024
IRB & HRPP Director,
Tiffany Coleman
Alternate Administrative July 2023 - June 2024
Jorge Cortes Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Elizabeth Culatta Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Paul Danier Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Tracy Dustin Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Joshua Eudy Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Rebecca Fasano Alternate Staff July 2023 - June 2024
Beth Fisher Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Elizabeth Fox Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Loralyn Franke Alternate Veteran’s Administration Augusta Health Care System Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Robert Gibson Vice-Chair Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Dan-Victor Giurgiutiu Member Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Chris Houk Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Donald Jenkins Alternate Prisoner Representative Community July 2023 - June 2024
J Johnson Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Thomas Joshua Alternate Staff July 2023 - June 2024
Satish Kenchaiah Alternate Veteran’s Administration Augusta Health Care System Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Rhea-Beth Markowitz Member Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Daniel McCollum Member Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Wesley Meares Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Renuka Mehta Member Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Cheryl Newman Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Terence O'keeffe Member Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Cecil Page Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Karen Panzitta Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Greg Passmore Member Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Frank Penha Alternate Chaplain-Ethics Community July 2023 - June 2024
Marjorie Phillips Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Willie Saunders Alternate Attorney-Pediatric Advocate Community July 2023 - June 2024
Yang Shi Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Dilip Singh Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Catherine Slade Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Senior IRB Analyst,
Erin Smith
Alternate Staff July 2023 - June 2024
Sarah Spears Member Community July 2023 - June 2024
Sandarsh Surya Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Holly Tabernik Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Melissa Toomer Alternate Staff July 2023 - June 2024
Jose Vazquez Committee Chair Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Gerald Wallace Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Neal Weintraub Alternate Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Randolph Widener Member Community July 2023 - June 2024
Heather Wilson Alternate Staff July 2023 - June 2024
Julie Zadinsky Member Faculty July 2023 - June 2024
Paul Zielinski Alternate Community July 2023 - June 2024