HRPP Advisory Committees

The goals of the HRPP Advisory Committees include:

  • gathering honest feedback on the HRPP,
  • identifying issues in review processes,
  • and assessing the HRPP’s progress and success towards goals.

Researchers are encouraged to reach out to Advisory Committee members to discuss any concerns/issues or to request that a topic be brought to the HRPP for discussion.

HRPP Faculty Advisory Committee Membership

Committee Member

Department

Campus

Email

Dr. Peter Arnett Psychology UP paa6@psu.edu
Dr. Michael Bernstein Psychological & Social Science Abington mjb70@psu.edu
Dr. Valerie Brown Pediatric Hematology & Oncology COM vbrown1@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Dr. Meg Bruening Nutritional Sciences  UP mmb203@psu.edu
Dr. Melissa Butt Family and Community Medicine COM mbutt1@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Dr. Orfeu Buxton Biobehavioral Health UP omb104@psu.edu
Dr. David Conroy Kinesiology UP dec9@psu.edu
Dr. Laura Cruz Schreyer Institute - Teaching Excellence UP lxc601@psu.edu
Dr. Ian Gilchrist HVI COM igilchrist@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Dr. Patricia Gordon Human Genetics COM pgordon@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Dr. Helene Hopfer Food Science UP hxh83@psu.edu
Ms. Rachel Lally Office for Research Protections UP rcl5324@psu.edu
Dr. Benjamin Levi Pediatrics COM blevi@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Dr. Mack Ruffin Family and Community Medicine COM mruffin@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Dr. Zachary Simmons, Co-chair Neurology COM zsimmons@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Ms. Debra Thurley, Co-chair Office for Research Protections UP djd116@psu.edu
Ms. Candy Yekel Office for Research Protections UP cay3@psu.edu

 

HRPP Administrator Advisory Committee Membership

Committee Member

Department

Campus

Email

Cindy Bittner Nursing UP cxt160@psu.edu
Katie Bode-Lang Office for Research Protections UP kfb119@psu.edu
Jennifer Delwiche Nursing UP jkd5990.psu.edu
Chelsea Emrick Pediatric Research Resource Office COM cwinters2@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Wes Heinle Gastronenterology COM jheinle@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Allison Henward, Co-chair Education UP ash55@psu.edu
Beth Holmes Public Health Sciences COM bholmes@pennstatehealth.psu.edu 
Sara Horn Office for Research Protections UP sjh246@psu.edu
Rachel Lally, Co-chair Office for Research Protections UP rcl5324@psu.edu
Dakota Reis Psychology UP drr5484@psu.edu
Crystal Sowers Penn State Cancer Institute COM csowers1@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Barbie Stahlman Family and Community Medicine COM bstahlman@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Tierney Wallace Dermatology/Opthamology COM twallace3@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Aiping Xiong Information Sciences and Technology UP axx29@psu.edu

 

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