Note: An IRB may invite individuals with competence in a special area to assist in the review of issues that require expertise beyond or in addition to that available on the IRB. These individuals may not vote with the IRB.

IRB Meeting Schedule

Biomedical IRB Members 

• ​Kenneth Wilund, PhD - Chair
  Professor
  Kinesiology & Community Health
  Scientist Affiliate

• Hillary Schwarb, PhD - Vice Chair
  Research Scientist
  Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
  Scientist Affiliate

• Irfan Ahmad, PhD
  Assistant Dean for Research, CIMED
  Executive Director, Interdisciplinary Initiatives, GCOE
  Offices of Research at CIMED and GCOE
  Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
  Scientist Affiliate
• Maggie Berg, PhD
  Research Development Manager Affiliate
  Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute
  Scientist Affiliate
• Hannah Holscher, PhD, RD
  Associate Professor
  Food Science and Human Nutrition
  Scientist Affiliate
• Amanda F. Hopkins, PhD, RN
  Associate Professor, School of Nursing
  Illinois Wesleyan University
  Scientist Non-Affiliate
• Sandra Jones
  Non-Scientist Non-Affiliate 
• Sean Mullen, PhD
  Associate Professor
  Kinesiology & Community Health
  Scientist Affiliate  
• M. Yanina Pepino, PhD
  Assistant Professor
  Food Science & Human Nutrition
  Scientist Affiliate  
• David J. Scherer, PhD
  Associate Director
  Division of Research Safety
  Scientist Affiliate  
• Ryan Young, PhD
  Research & Assessment Analyst
  Office of Minority Student Affairs
  Scientist Affiliate

Alternate Members

• Anita Balgopal, PhD
  Director
  Office for the Protection of Research Subjects
  Scientist Affiliate
• Sheila Ferguson, LCSW
  Non-Scientist Non-Affiliate
• Chris Davies, BS
  Human Subjects Research Specialist
  Office for the Protection of Research Subjects
  Non-Scientist Affiliate
• Jennifer Ford, MS
  Human Subjects Research Coordinator
  Office for the Protection of Research Subjects
  Non-Scientist Affiliate
• Justin Sun, MS
  Human Subjects Research Specialist
  Office for the Protection of Research Subjects
  Non-Scientist Affiliate
• Derek Wunder, BA
  Human Subjects Research Specialist
  Office for the Protection of Research Subjects
  Non-Scientist Affiliate

Prisoner Representative

Presence counts toward a quorum of Subpart C Review Alternate Prisoner Representative

• Jessie Krienert, PhD
  Professor
  Criminal Justice Sciences
  Illinois State University
  Scientist Non-Affiliate

Ex-Officio

Presence does not count toward quorum

• Jan Novakofski, PhD
  Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Research for Compliance
  Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation
  OVCRI Representative