Contact Us

The Office of Human Subjects Research (OHSR) is a fully remote office. Staff can be reached via phone, email, or MS Teams chat. Contact information for each staff member is listed below.

For General IRB, eIRB Technical Assistance, and Training Questions:

For questions about IRB processing, eIRB technical questions or training questions you should contact the IRB Help Desk. The most efficient way to contact the Help Desk is through email. You can also call the general voicemail number and leave a message. Someone will return your call as soon as possible. Calls and emails that cannot be addressed directly with the Help Desk are routed to an appropriate OHSR staff member.

IRB Help Desk E-Mail: [email protected]
IRB Help Desk Phone: 410-502-2092

Request a Consult

If you require a more comprehensive discussion (e.g. you need assistance in protocol planning, data sharing), please request a consult by clicking on this link. A virtual meeting with a member of our staff will be scheduled using MS Teams.

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Questions About Specific Protocols or Application Processing

Click on the links below to quickly find the contact information that best fits your situation. 

  • Pre-Team IRB Coordinator/Analyst - For questions regarding when an application will be scheduled for review, issues returned in a pre-review note and placement of documents in the application.
  • Post Team IRB Coordinator/Analyst - For questions regarding the outcome of a study, requesting an extension to respond, stamped documents, questions about tabled issues or questions about your outcome letter.
  • Consent Form Specialists - For questions about consent forms, the consenting process or types of consent please contact one of the consent form specialists.
  • Compliance Associates -  For questions about regulatory issues, compliance with federal, state and local policies, general compliance issues, protocol events or noncompliance.
  • Reliance Team - For questions about requesting a reliance agreement, single IRBs for a multi-center study, or relying on a commercial IRB please contact the IRB Reliance Program.
  • Biospecimen Program Administrator - For questions about transferring biospecimens outside of Hopkins, human subjects research utilizing biospecimens, or research involving stem cells, please contact the Biospecimen Program Administrator.

Not sure what committee your application is with? Log into eIRB2 and open up the Application. This will direct you to the application workspace page and you will be able to see the committee your application has been assigned to.

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Office of Human Subjects Research Staff Contact Information
Megan Singleton, JD, MBE, CIP Associate Dean for Human Research Protection and Director of the Human Research Protection Program [email protected]
443-927-1489
MS Teams Chat
Kat Jeter Sr. Administrative Coordinator [email protected]
443-927-1466
MS Teams Chat
Operations
Barbara Scherer, MAS, CIP Director of Operations [email protected]
443-927-1487
MS Teams Chat
Seth Hall, JD Associate Director OHSR Operations [email protected]
443-927-8032
MS Teams Chat
Pre-Team IRB Analysts & Coordinators
Veronica Walters
Pre-Team IRB 1
IRB Analyst [email protected]
443-927-1496
MS Teams Chat
Andrew Tomer
Pre-Team IRB 2
IRB Analyst [email protected]
443-927-1494
MS Teams Chat
Sophie Klein
Pre-Team IRB 3
IRB Coordinator [email protected]
443-927-1470
MS Teams Chat
William Duck
Pre-Team IRB 5
IRB Analyst [email protected]
443-927-1462
MS Teams Chat
Sharon Bumbray
Pre-Team IRB 6
IRB Analyst [email protected]
443-927-1459
MS Teams Chat
Holly Thompson
Pre-Team for Changes in Research IRB X
IRB Coordinator [email protected]
443-927-1491
MS Teams Chat
Juliana Torres
Pre-Team for New Applications IRB X
IRB Analyst [email protected]
443-927-1495
MS Teams Chat
Post-Team IRB Analysts & Coordinators
Kelly Sniffen
Post-Team IRB 1
IRB Coordinator [email protected]
4439271483
MS Teams
Mary Szeliga
Post-Team IRB 2
IRB Analyst [email protected]
443-927-1492
MS Teams Chat
TBD
Post-Team IRB 3
IRB Coordinator
Jaime Lush
Post-Team IRB 5 (Convened)
IRB Analyst [email protected]
443-927-1473
MS Teams Chat
Lindsay Koenig
Post-Team (Expedited)
IRB Analyst [email protected]
443-927-1471
MS Teams Chat
Kathleen Hand
Post-Team IRB 6
IRB Coordinator [email protected]
443-927-1480
MS Teams Chat
Katie Sharp
Post-Team IRB X
IRB Analyst [email protected]
443-927-1488
MS Teams Chat
Exempt/Expedited Review
Kristin MacNeal Associate Director Exempt/Expedited Review   [email protected]
443-927-1475
MS Teams Chat
Tabitha Golda Exempt/Expedited Compliance Analyst [email protected]
443-927-1485
MS Teams Chat
  Tammy Bixby  Exempt/Expedited Review Analyst [email protected]
443-927-3016
MS Teams Chat
JH ACH IRB - Located at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital - St. Petersburg, FL
Ellen Bedard, MSOB, CCRP JH-ACH IRB Program Manager [email protected]
727-767-8620
MS Teams Chat
Sue Ellie
JH-ACH IRB
IRB Analyst [email protected]
727-767-4275
MS Teams Chat
Consent Form Specialists
Heather Kammann Sr. Consent Form Specialist - Lead [email protected]
443-927-1468
MS Teams Chat
Lucas Szylow Sr. Consent Form Specialist [email protected]
443-927-1493
MS Teams Chat
Mary Medak Sr. Consent Form Specialist [email protected]
443-927-1478
MS Teams Chat
Lauren Swedberg Sr. Consent Form Specialist [email protected]
443-927-1490
MS Teams Chat
Kristen Martin Sr. Consent Form Specialist [email protected]
443-927-1477
MS Teams Chat
Liz Harrop JH-ACH Consent Form Specialist [email protected]
443-927-3209
MS Teams Chat
Reliance
Janelle Maddox-Regis, MS Associate Director IRB Reliance Program [email protected]
443-927-1476
MS Teams Chat
Pamela Ritzler IRB Reliance Analyst [email protected]
443-927-1465
MS Teams Chat
Mathilda Barnes IRB Reliance Analyst [email protected]
443-927-1457
MS Teams Chat
Jennifer Pugh IRB Reliance Coordinator [email protected]
443-927-1794
MS Teams Chat
Compliance
Ken Borst, JD Director of Compliance [email protected]
443-927-1458
MS Teams Chat
Kon Kim, JD Associate Director, Compliance [email protected]
443-927-1469
MS Teams Chat
Eunhae Gohng, JD Sr. Human Research Compliance Associate [email protected]
443-927-1463
MS Teams Chat
Andrew D. Michalek, MHA, LLM Human Research Compliance Associate [email protected]
443-927-1482
MS Teams Chat
Luis Beltran Human Research Compliance Associate [email protected]
667-306-9264
MS Teams Chat
Clemence Miller, JD Sr. Compliance Advisor [email protected]
443-927-1479
MS Teams Chat
Compliance Monitors
Frederick W. Luthardt, DBe, MA Director Compliance Monitoring Program [email protected]
443-927-1474
MS Teams Chat
Suzanna Roettger, MA Associate Director Compliance Monitoring Program [email protected]
443-927-1486
MS Teams Chat
Margaret Leathers, MS Sr. Compliance Monitoring Specialist [email protected]
443-927-1472
MS Teams Chat
Cierra Noel, BS Sr Compliance Monitoring Specialist [email protected]
443-927-1481
MS Teams Chat
Anastasiya Pronina Compliance Monitoring Specialist [email protected]
443-927-1484
MS Teams Chat
eIRB, Training & Technical Support
Jessica Jones Education and Training Manager [email protected]
443-927-1467
MS Teams Chat
Jonathon Harris Sr Systems Administrator [email protected]
443-927-1464
MS Teams Chat
David Baker Technical Support Analyst [email protected]
443-927-1718
MS Teams Chat
Billing
Alisha Wells Budget Analyst [email protected]
443-927-1461
MS Teams Chat
 Biospecimen/ISCRO
 Jessica Williams, MA, MS, CIP  Biospecimen Program Administrator  [email protected]
443-927-1460
MS Teams Chat