Contact us

For questions about review status pertaining to a specific study, please contact IRB Panel A at irbpanela@vcu.edu. Please indicate in your email subject line the PI name and HM number.

For questions about IRB reliance and single IRB, contact Stacy West at irbreliance@vcu.edu.

Human Research Protection Program

Phone: (804) 828-0868
800 East Leigh Street, Suite 3000
BioTech One Building
Box 980568
Richmond, VA 23298
Fax: (804) 827-1448
Office hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday

Panel A full board team

TBD

IRB full board team lead

Angela J. Brown, CIP

IRB panel administrator
Phone: (804) 628-5409
irbpanela@vcu.edu

Nichole Haywood

IRB panel administrator
Phone: (804) 827-2272
irbpanela@vcu.edu

Hsin-Lei Yao

IRB panel administrator
Phone: (804) 828-3534
irbpanela@vcu.edu

Panel A exempt/expedited team

Christina Wright, M.A., CIP

IRB team lead
Phone: (804) 827-1735
wrightcl3@vcu.edu

Lauryn Esposito, CIP

IRB analyst
Phone: (804) 828-9876
irbpanela@vcu.edu

Jessica Lantz, CIP

IRB analyst
Phone: (804) 827-2302
irbpanela@vcu.edu

Jenny Rice, CIP

IRB analyst
Phone: (804) 828-3992
irbpanela@vcu.edu

Allison "Courtney" Roberts

IRB analyst
Phone: (804) 828-4996
irbpanela@vcu.edu

Elizabeth Schwartz, CCRP

IRB analyst
Phone: (804) 827-0896
irbpanela@vcu.edu

Kayla Soltis

IRB analyst
Phone: (804) 628-7448
irbpanela@vcu.edu

Erik Williams, CIP

IRB analyst
Phone: (804) 628-3447
irbpanela@vcu.edu

External IRB/reliance team

Stacy West, M.S., CIP

IRB reliance specialist
Phone: (804) 827-1446
smwest@vcu.edu

TBD

IRB reliance coordinator

Other Human Research Protection Program staff

Susan E. Robb, CRA, CHRC

Interim executive director, human subjects protection
Phone: (804) 827-0479
sarobb@vcu.edu

Christine Davison, M.B.E., CIP

Associate director
Phone: (804) 827-6090
cmdaviso@vcu.edu

Susan Kimbrough, CIP

Assistant director, IRB operations
Phone: (804) 827-1533
sdkimbrough@vcu.edu

Elicia Preslan, M.S., CIP

IRB operations QA/QI manager
Phone: (804) 827-0899
preslaned@vcu.edu

TBD

Post-approval quality assurance coordinator, human subjects research

Nyssa Towsley, M.S., CIP

Human subjects protection education and outreach manager
Phone: (804) 827-1157
ntowsley@vcu.edu

Sherrie Dabney-Washington

Office manager
Phone: (804) 828-0868
Fax: (804) 827-1448
ssdabneywash@vcu.edu