Staff and Chairs | Duke Health Institutional Review Board

This is the listing of our IRB Staff and Chairs. Find the IRB Specialist responsible for your particular CRU/Department below.

The main phone number for the IRB Office is (919) 668-5111.

IRB Staff

	CRU/Department Responsibility
Karen Carter, CCRP, CIP Email: karen.carter@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-0404 Senior IRB Specialist	DGHI Pediatrics (PI's A-L)
Angelyn Gravely, CIP Email: angelyn.gravely@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-0405 Administrative Reviewer	Medicine (PI’s A-N)
Jana Hall Email: jana.hall@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-5118 IRB Specialist	Ophthalmology Orthopedic Surgery School of Nursing
Meredith Hawks, MS Email: meredith.bond@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-5117 Senior IRB Specialist	DOCR Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) Oncology (PI's K-L) Population Health Radiology Dermatology/Pathology
Debbie Hickey Email: deborah.hickey@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-0469 Senior IRB Specialist	Surgery Neurosurgery Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences Urology
Nancy Hight, ACRP-CP Email: nancy.hight@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-4664 Senior IRB Specialist	Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) (PI’s A-P) Emergency Medicine Heart Center (PI’s M-Z)
Conal Ho, PhD, CIP Email: conal.ho@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-0465 Administrative Reviewer	Anesthesiology Campus Oversight Office of Curriculum Other (no CRU)
Josh Leitner Email: joshua.leitner@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-5112 IRB Specialist	CTSI Family Medicine & Community Health Ob/Gyn Pediatrics (PI’s M-Z) Pharmacy
Jo Llewellyn Email: jo.llewellyn@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-0467 Administrative Reviewer	Medicine (PI’s O-Z)
Noely Martinez Overby Email: noely.martinez-overby@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-7552 Senior IRB Specialist	Oncology (PI’s M-Z)
Shaina Roth, MS Email: shaina.roth@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-3218 Senior IRB Specialist	DCRI (PI’s Q-Z) DEPCRU Heart Center (PI’s A-L) Psychiatry
Sean Williams Email: sean.williams2@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-3147 Senior IRB Specialist/Medical Writer	Oncology (PI’s A-J)
Susan Conder Email: susan.conder@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-5663 Administrative Reviewer	Neurology
Ronna Zimmer, MS, RD Email: ronna.zimmer@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-5119 Director of Compliance
Sharon Ellison, PharmD Email: sharon.ellison@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-5114 Executive Director of DUHS IRB
Joseph (SJ) Austin, JD, LLM Email: steven.austin@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-4384 Director of Research Review
Debbie Reddoch, MA Email: deborah.reddoch@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-3364 IRB Compliance Specialist
Minna Pak Email: minna.pak@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-0463 Director of Extramural IRB Programs
Carolina Quiroga, MD, MBA Email: carolina.quiroga@duke.edu Phone: (919) 668-0464 Compliance Specialist

IRB Chairs

Patricia L. Ashley, MD, PhD
Email: patricia.ashley@duke.edu
IRB Chair

Dara Barnard, PharmD
Email: dara.barnard@duke.edu
Lead IRB Chair

Carlos De Castro, MD
Email: carlos.decastro@duke.edu
IRB Chair

Louis F. Diehl, MD
Email: louis.diehl@duke.edu
IRB Chair

Mark Donahue, MD, MHS
Email: mark.donahue@duke.edu
IRB Chair

Wanda Lakey, MD, MHS
Email: wanda.lakey@duke.edu
IRB Chair

Paul Lantos, MD
Email: paul.lantos@duke.edu
IRB Chair

Walter Lee, MD
Email: walter.lee@dm.duke.edu
IRB Chair

Richard Lee, MD, MPH
Email: r.lee@duke.edu
IRB Chair

David Ota, MD
Email: david.ota@duke.edu
IRB Chair

C. Egla Rabinovich, MD, MPH
Email: egla.rabinovich@dm.duke.edu
IRB Chair

Moria J. Smoski, PhD
Email: moria.smoski@duke.edu
IRB Chair

Cathy Vaughan, PharmD
Email: cathy.vaughan@duke.edu
IRB Chair