Institutional Review Board

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Institutional Review Board (IRB) members

Mark Oswood, MD, PhD (1)*

IRB Chair
Scientist, Affiliated
Radiologist
Radiology

Megan Bridges, APRN, CNM (2)

Scientist, Affiliated
Staff Nurse-Midwife
Midwife Service (OB/GYN)
Representative: Pregnant women, fetuses, and neonates

Fay Connors (2)

Non-scientist, Non-affiliated
Twin Cities Prison Ministry Co-founder
Representative: community & subject
Representative: prisoner

Erika Dobbs (3)*

Non-scientist, Affiliated
Senior IRB Analyst
HRPO staff

Brian Driver, MD (1)

Scientist, Affiliated
Physician
Emergency Medicine

Ed Goettl (1)

Non-scientist, Affiliated
Twin Cities Prison Ministry board member
Representative: community & subject
Representative: prisoner

Linda Hanson, DC, MS (3)*

Scientist, Affiliated
Senior IRB Analyst
HRPO staff

Allyson Hart, MD (2)*

Scientist, Affiliated
Physician
Nephrology

Jennifer Hart, MS (2)*

Non-scientist, Affiliated
HRPO Director
HRPO staff

Patti Jurkovich, JD

Ex-Officio, Non-scientist, Affiliated
Assistant Attorney
Hennepin County Attorney Office

Tzivia Leviton, RPh (2)*

IRB Vice Chair
Scientist, Affiliated
Pharmacist
Pharmacy

Donna Lindsay, MN (2)*

Scientist, Non-affiliated
Neurology

Stacene Maroushek, MD, PhD (2)*

Scientist, Affiliated
Physician/Pediatrics
Representative: Children & Immigrants/Refugees

Kerry Sheets, MD (2)*

IRB Vice Chair
Scientist, Affiliated
Geriatrician

1 - IRB Voting member, male
2 - IRB Voting member, female
3 - IRB alternate member

*Designated reviewer

Institutional Review Board