March 2025

The Director of a JHUSOM Department determines whether departmental review is required prior to submission of an application for IRB review and appoints an individual/committee to conduct such reviews.  In addition, several ancillary committee reviews may be required to assure compliance with institutional or regulatory requirements. The eIRB system has been configured to route an application directly to the required department or ancillary committee for review. For the purposes of review by the Conflict of Interest Committee, it is the responsibility of an investigator to make required disclosures of potential conflicts through the eOPC web-based disclosure system.

The chart below identifies the required pre and post department or ancillary reviews that must occur before a research study may begin. Those indicated as "Concurrent with IRB Review" must be approved prior to final JHM IRB approval.

For studies that require “pre department or ancillary reviews”, those approvals must be secured before the study enters the IRB’s workspace for assignment and review. These approvals will be documented in the eIRB system.

For studies that require “Concurrent with IRB Review”, the appropriate approvals must be secured before the study is approved by the IRB. The IRB staff will review the eIRB application and ensure that the appropriate approvals are in place before the study is approved by the IRB.

For studies that require “post department or ancillary reviews”, the research cannot commence without the “post department or ancillary review” approval. When the PI submits the eIRB application, the PI must attest that he or she will adhere to institutional policies, including the requirement to secure all approvals prior to initiation of research. When the study is approved by the IRB, language is inserted in the IRB approval letter communicating to the PI that research may not commence until the required post approvals are secured. This approval will be directly communicated to the study team by the applicable “post department or ancillary review committee”.

All Children’s Hospital Research Review Committee - Pre and/or Post Approval
Ellen Bedard - ebedard4@jhmi.edu

Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) - Post IRB Approval
Paul Overly - paul.overly@baltimorecity.gov

Biospecimens Transfer Committee (BTC) – Concurrent with IRB Review
Jessica Williams - jwill420@jh.edu

Cell Therapy - Notification Only
M. Victor Lemas - mvlemas@jhmi.edu

Clinical Engineering - Concurrent with IRB Review
Roy Shipley - royshi@jhmi.edu
Andrew Currie - andcur@jhmi.edu

Clinical Radiation Research Committee (CRRC) - Concurrent with IRB Review
Carl Granlund - cgranlun@jhmi.edu

Conflict of Interest Committee (COI) - Concurrent with IRB Review
Office of Outside Interests -  policy@jhmi.edu

Data Trust – Concurrent with IRB Review
Valerie Smothers – vsmothers@jhmi.edu
Stuart Ray- sray@jhmi.edu
Chris Chute- chute@jhu.edu

Emergency Department (ED) Patients - Concurrent with IRB Review
Katherine Fenstermacher – kfenste1@jhmi.edu
Richard Rothman - rrothma1@jhmi.edu
Bhakti Hansoti - bhansot1@jh.edu

Emergency Department (ED) Pediatric
Kemi Badaki-Makun - kemi.badaki@jhu.edu
Jessica Katznelson - jkatzne1@jhmi.edu

Foster Children (Department of Human Resources Social Services Administration) - Post IRB Approval
Maria Tillman - maria.tillman@maryland.gov
Amaza Reid - AReid2@dhr.state.md.us

FM Kirby Center - Pre IRB review
Jim Pekar - jpekar1@jhmi.edu

Graduate Medical Education Review - Concurrent with IRB Review
Jessica Bienstock - jbienst@jhmi.edu

High Risk Review Committee - Bayview - Concurrent with IRB Review
Susan Longley – slongle2@jhmi.edu
Fred Luthardt - fluthar1@jhmi.edu

High Risk Review Committee - JHH - Concurrent with IRB Review
Liz Martinez - emarti22@jhmi.edu
Todd Brown - tbrown27@jhmi.edu 

Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center Research Review Committee - Post IRB Approval
Mehro Akhtar - makhtar2@jhmi.edu
Jackie Lobien -  JLobien1@jhmi.edu

Imaging and Recording Oversight Committee (IROC) - Post IRB Approval
IROC main email - cameraoncampus@jhmi.edu

Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) - Concurrent with IRB Review
Stephen Dahl - sdahl@jhu.edu

Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) – Notification Only
Matthew Courtemanche - matthew@jhmi.edu
Shernice Madison - smadison@jhu.edu

JHHS Nursing - Pre IRB Review
Heather Watson - hwatson7@jhmi.edu

JHHS Pharmacy - Broadway - Pre IRB Review
Kenneth Shermock - ken@jhmi.edu

JHU Applied Physics Lab - Pre IRB Review
Daniel Anna - dan.anna@jhuapl.edu

JHU Comparative Medicine - Pre IRB Review
Janice Clements - jclement@jhmi.edu

JHU Emergency Medicine - Broadway - Pre IRB Review
Richard Rothman - rrothma1@jhmi.edu

JHU Gynecology and Obstetrics - Pre IRB Review
Andrew Satin - asatin2@jhmi.edu
Karin Blakemore – kblakem@jhmi.edu

JHU History of Medicine  - Pre IRB Review
Randall Packard - rpackar2@jhmi.edu
Jeremy Greene - jgree115@jhmi.edu 

JHUMcKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine (Genetic Medicine) - Pre IRB Approval
David Valle - dvalle@jhmi.edu

JHU Ophthalmology - Pre IRB Review
Sharon Solomon - ssolomon1@jhmi.edu

JHU Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences - Pre IRB Approval
Deborah Saylor - dsaylor1@jhmi.edu

JHU Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Pre IRB Review
Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez - marlis@jhmi.edu

JHU Physiology - Pre IRB Review
William Guggino - wguggino@jhmi.edu

Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Review (JHCP) - Post IRB Approval
Sarah Rubin - srubin19@jhmi.edu
Wendy Bennett- wendy.bennett@jhmi.edu

Johns Hopkins Health Plans - Notification Only
Sarah Kachur - rddr@jhhp.org
Nicola Martin - NMartin@jhhp.org
Melissa Sherry – msherry@jhhp.org

JHHS employees – Concurrent with IRB Review
Inez Steward - istewar4@jhmi.edu

JHU employees and Institutional Data – Concurrent with IRB Review
Jon Links - jlinks1@jhu.edu

KKI Review - Pre IRB Review
Lisa Ferenc -  ferenc@kennedykrieger.org
Jeremy Corsmo - corsmo@kennedykrieger.org

Maternal Fetal Medicine Tissue Committee (MFMTC) - Concurrent with IRB Review
Jena Miller - jmill260@jhmi.edu

Medical Affairs - Concurrent with IRB Review

MedStar - Notification Only
Crystal Bland - crystal.s.bland@medstar.net

Pathology Department Review - Concurrent with IRB Review
Serena Bagnasco -  sbagnas1@jhmi.edu

Prospective Reimbursement Analysis (PRA) - Concurrent with IRB Review
Karen Roz - rozka@jhmi.edu
oraclinres@jhmi.edu

Sibley Memorial Hospital Research Review Committee
Oncology studies Pre and/or Post Review
Aliya Lalji  - alalji1@jhmi.edu
Non-oncology studies Pre and/or Post Review
Jackie Lobien - JLobien1@jhmi.edu

SKCCC CRO Review - Pre IRB Review
Sumati Murli - smurli@jhmi.edu
Deborah Epstein - epstede@jhmi.edu

Student Affairs - Concurrent with IRB Review
Sarah Clever - sclever@jhmi.edu

Suburban Hospital Research Review Committee - Pre and/or Post Review
Jackie Lobien - JLobien1@jhmi.edu