CONTACTS:

Staff:

Nancy Stalnaker
Director
Nancy.Stalnaker@uvm.edu
(manages the Research Protections Office, which includes human subjects, vertebrate animals and biosafety programs)

Donna Silver
Assistant Director
Donna.Silver@uvm.edu
(primary administrator for Safety Subcommittee, assists with local policy, form and research manual development, heads educational initiatives and manages RPO in Nancy Stalnaker's absence)

Nancy Heller
Research Review Administrator
Nancy.Heller@uvm.edu
(primary administrator for the Medical Sciences Committee)

Gale Weld
Research Review Administrator
Gale.Weld@uvm.edu
(primary administrator for the Behavioral Sciences Committee; expedited research for both the Medical and Behavioral Sciences Committees; exempt and research not involving human subject requests)

Melanie Locher
Research Review Administrator
Melanie.Locher@uvm.edu
(primary administrator for continuing review for both the Medical and Behavioral Sciences Committees)

Kay Fay
Systems Coordinator
Kay.Fay@uvm.edu
(data/records and website management)

Sue Donahue
Research Review Assistant
Susan.Donahue@uvm.edu
(pre-review of new materials, data entry and followup of same)

Committee Chairs:

Alan Homans, M.D., Executive Chair
Committee on Human Research in the Medical Sciences
Alan.Homans@vtmednet.org

Deborah Rubin, M.D., Chair
Committee on Human Research in the Medical Sciences
Deborah.Rubin@vtmednet.org

David Kaminsky, M.D., Associate Chair
Committee on Human Research in the Medical Sciences
David.Kaminsky@uvm.edu

Theodore Marcy, M.D., Chair
Committee on Human Research in the Behavioral Sciences
Theodore.Marcy@uvm.edu

Katharine Shepherd, Ed.D, Associate Chair
Committee on Human Research in the Behavioral Sciences
Katharine.Shepherd@uvm.edu