The HRPP Advisory Council provides recommendations to the U-M Institutional Official (Vice President for Research) and Deputy Institutional Official (Vice President for Research-Clinical and Human Subjects Research) with regard to HRPP policies and procedures, and identifies priority areas for improvement to enhance the effectiveness of the program. This council may also focus on specific topics and question areas of interest and importance to the HRPP and bring the perspectives of the U-M research community to the deliberations of the Council.
The Council includes representation from a broad base of the research community.
| Role | Name | School/College/Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Voting | Sung Choi, MD, MS | Pediatrics, Michigan Medicine |
| William Elliot, III, PhD | Social Work | |
| Amanda Esquivel, PhD | Dearborn, Engineering and Computer Science | |
| Karen Farris, PhD |
Pharmacy | |
| Margherita Fontana, MS | Dentistry | |
| Susan Gelman, PhD | Psychology and Linguistics, LS&A | |
| Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez, PhD | Epidemiology, School of Public Health | |
| Julie Lumeng, MD | AVP for Research-Clinical Human Subjects Research (Co-Chair) | |
| Meilan Han, MD | MS, Internal Medicine | |
| Narayan Sastry, PhD | Survey Research Center | |
| Florian Schaub, PhD | Information, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | |
| Robert Silbergleit, MD | Emergency Medicine, Michigan Medicine | |
| Non-voting | Sana Shakour | HRPP Associate Director (Co-Chair) |
| Judy Birk | Exec. IRB Director and HRPP Associate Director | |
| Pat Ward | Director, Regulatory Affairs | |
| Michael Geisser | Co-Chair, IRBMED | |
| Alan Sugar | Co-Chair, IRBMED | |
| Robertson Davenport | Co-Chair, IRBMED | |
| Thad Polk | Co-Chair, IRB-HSBS | |
| Riann Palmieri-Smith | Co-Chair, IRB-HSBS |
Questions?
To ask a question, express concerns, or provide suggestions about human research protections at U-M, please send a message to hrppumich@umich.edu.