During business hours, please call our office at (734) 763-4768 or email irbmed@umich.edu, or contact IRBMED staff directly. Chairs are on-call to address emergencies related to research with human participants at all hours.
If you have an emergency related to human subject research and need to reach the IRBMED, please call our office during business hours at (734) 763-4768. After hours, please call the U-M operator at (734) 936-4000 and ask them to page the designated Chair on call.
IRBMED Chairs On Call Determination Instructions
In the event of an emergency related to human research subject safety, attempt to contact the Chair on call first. If they are not available, contact the alternate Chair on call.
Month | CHAIR ON CALL | ALTERNATE CHAIR ON CALL |
October 2024 | Geisser, Michael 0069 on page | Davenport, Robertson (Rob) 2982 on page |
November 2024 | Davenport, Robertson (Rob) 2982 on page | Filbrun, Amy 14598 on page |
December 2024 | Filbrun, Amy 14598 on page | Geisser, Michael 0069 on page |
January 2025 | Geisser, Michael 0069 on page | Davenport, Robertson (Rob) 2982 on page |
In the event you cannot reach the Chair on call or the designated alternate, then call one of the alternate Vice Chairs listed below, proceeding in alphabetical order. (If you cannot reach one of the representatives below by their pagers, please call the paging operator, identify yourself, and request to be transferred to the appropriate Chair's home telephone number.)
- MacDonald Dick: 1863
- Kevin Flaherty: 10505
Examples of emergency situations include (but are not limited to):
- A serious, research-related unanticipated problem that requires immediate IRB attention
- “Emergency use” (i.e., treatment) of a patient with an agent unapproved by the FDA when that treatment must commence within 24 hours
- Enrollment of a ward of the state on a study approved under 45 CFR 46.406 or 407.
- Enrollment of a patient who is also a prisoner onto a research trial (when the study has not been previously approved under the prisoner regulations and certified with OHRP). See “Subject Incarceration” guidance for more information.
- Health and well-being reasons to continue a research intervention on a subject who becomes incarcerated (when the study has not been previously approved under the prisoner regulations and certified with OHRP). See “Subject Incarceration” guidance for more information.
Additional Resources
NCRC Maps and Directions webpage
The University of Michigan Registrations with FDA and OHRP
- Registration Name and Number: U of Michigan, IORG0000144
- UM Federalwide Assurance (FWA) #00004969
The University of Michigan's Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) are registered with the HHS Office of Human Research Protections and, in compliance with the new HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule issued on July 14, 2009, with FDA.
FDA’s new requirement operates in coordination with the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), which already requires registration for IRBs reviewing federally-supported research. A single database of all U.S. IRBs, regardless of whether they review research regulated by FDA or other federal agencies, has been established.
Registration information can be accessed via the HHS Registration page. In the search field "Institution/Organization" enter "U of Michigan" to verify UM registration.
If you have any questions about this information please contact the IRBMED Office.
Senior Staff
Name | Title |
Kindra Cooper, JD | Director |
Amy Skyles, PharmD | Assistant Director |
Bethany Vibbart, MS, CIP | Assistant Director |
Support Staff
Name | Title |
David Andrews, BA, MA | Board Secretary |
Patti Meredith | Receptionist |
Specialized Coordinators
Name | Title |
Jill Baker, MSW, MA | Technical Writer (Meeting Minutes) |
Cecilia Brenner, CIP | sIRB Ceding Applications |
Catherine Dowling, MD, CCRP | Principal Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Angela Faber, BS, CIP | Senior Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Jennifer Galland, MHA, CIP | Principal Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Megan Halvorson, BS, CCRP | Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Randall McCombs, MSI | Archival Specialist |
Christine Poulsen, MLA | Education Coordinator |
Nicole Robson, MHA | sIRB Accepting/Authorization Agreements |
Brian Seabolt, BA | Senior Technical Writer |
Cameron Shultz, Ph.D., MSW | Senior Research Compliance Specialist |
Lark Speyer, BS, CIP | Coordinator |
Expedited Review Regulatory Team
Name | Title |
Carla Butler, BA, CCRP | Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Nitya Chandran, Ph.D. | Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Lori Cooper, MA | Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Ann Dillon, BS, CIP | Expedited Team Lead |
Jessica Harless, MPH, CCRP | Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Allison Kanous, BS, CIP | Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Karen King, BA | Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Liz LeMay, MBA | Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Sharmi Purkayestha, MS | Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Amanda Rasnake, BSN, RN, CCRP | Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Markeda Richards, BS | Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Samantha Scheer, BA | Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Monica Scott | Junior Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Full-Board Regulatory Team
Name | Title |
Megan Boyt, M.Ed., CIP | Senior Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Neale Danridge, MBA | Intermediate Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Carol Hutsko, BBA, CIP | Senior Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Julia Ryan, MS, RD, LD, CIP | Senior Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Monica Stiddom, BA, CIP | Senior Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Wendy Ulmer, BBA | Senior Associate Regulatory Analyst |
Board Co-Chairs & Vice-Chairs
Name | Title | Pager Number |
Robertson Davenport, M.D. | Co-Chair C1/C2 | 2982 |
Amy Filbrun, M.D. | Co-Chair A1/B2 | 14598 |
Michael Geisser, Ph.D. | Co-Chair A2/B1 | 0069 |
Ghada Abusin, M.D. | Vice-Chair C1 | 21587 |
James Balter, M.D. | Vice-Chair A1 | 8670 |
Macdonald Dick, M.D. | Vice-Chair A2 | 1863 |
Robert Eber, DDS, MS | Vice-Chair B1 | |
Kevin Flaherty, M.D. | Vice-Chair B2 | 10505 |
Anne Schott, M.D. | Vice-Chair C2 | 3943 |
IRBMED has full accreditation by they Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc.