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, Engineering

• Rebecca Eisenberg - Professor, Law

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

• Kristin Hass - Professor, American Culture

• Raymond Hutchinson - Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases

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

• Max Wicha - Professor, Oncology

Non-Voting Members and Staff:

• Todd Baily - Assistant Vice President, Development and Campaign Director, Office of University Development

• Judy Birk - IRB Executive Director & HRPP Associate Director, Office of Research

• Tara Bradsher Berard - Attorney Lead, Office of the General Counsel

• Kelly Coveleski - COI Manager, Integrity & Compliance

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

• Jon Kinsey - Office of the President

• David Mulder - Assistant Director, Medical School Office of Regulatory Affairs

• Lisa Nichols - Executive Director of Research Security, Integrity & Compliance

• 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 - Executive Director of Licensing and Strategic Partnerships, Innovation Partnerships

• Kelly Sexton - Associate Vice President for Research - Technology Transfer and Innovation Partnerships, Innovation Partnerships

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

• Pat Ward - Director of Regulatory Affairs, Medical School

• Corey Zolondek - Director of the Health Sciences and Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board, Office of Research

• Kate Sasamoto - Interim Associate Director, Human Research Protection Program