ICOI Committee & Schedule

The Institutional Conflict of Interest (ICOI) Committee generally meets on a monthly basis. The ICOI Committee reviews potential institutional conflicts to identify if an ICOI exists and to determine appropriate management, which may include reducing or eliminating the ICOI. In addition, the ICOI Committee acts in an advisory role for difficult conflict of interest issues.

Committee Membership

Voting Members:

• Gilbert Omenn (Chair) - Professor, Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics

• James Penner-Hahn (Vice-Chair) - Professor, Chemistry and Biophysics

• Rhima Coleman - Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

• Rebecca Eisenberg - Professor Emerita, Law

• Brian Farmer - Executive Director of Academic Affairs at the Cleveland Clinic

• Omar Ahmed - Professor, Psychology

• Raymond Hutchinson - Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases

• Jacqueline Jeruss - Chair, OVPR Conflict of Interest Review Committee & Medical School Conflict of Interest Board; Professor, Surgery

• Andrew Putnam - Professor, Biomedical Engineering

• Max Wicha - Professor, Oncology

Non-Voting Members and Staff:

• Katie Murphy - Associate General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel

• Tara Bradsher Berard - Associate General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel

• Kindra Cooper - Instituional Review Board Director, Michigan Medicine (IRBMED)

• Kelly Coveleski - COI Manager, Integrity & Compliance

• Kara Gavin - Lead Public Relations Representative, Health System Department of Communication

• Jon Kinsey - Vice President and Secretary of the University

• David Mulder - Senior Director of Research and Data Security, Integrity & Compliance; Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs, Medical School

• Kathleen O'Sullivan-Cook - Compliance Specialist Associate, Integrity & Compliance

• C. Ndu Ozor - Associate General Counsel & Senior Investment Manager, Office of the General Counsel

• April Pepperdine - COI Director, Integrity & Compliance

• Bryce Pilz - Assistant Vice President of Licensing and Strategic Partnerships, Innovation Partnerships

• Kate Sasamoto - Associate Director, Human Research Protection Program

• Kelly Sexton - Associate Vice President for Research - Innovation Partnerships and Economic Impact, Innovation Partnerships

• Morgan Sherburne - Public Relations Representative Senior, Michigan News

• Pat Ward - Assistant Vice President for Research - Human Research Protections Program (HRPP); Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, Medical School

• Shandra White - Associate Vice President for Research - Sponsored Projects

• Corey Zolondek - Health Sciences and Behavioral Sciences (HSBS) Institutional Review Board Director