USC
University of Southern California Protection of Research Subjects

IRB Membership List

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Chairperson:

    Richard John, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology
    Expertise: Cognitively impaired, student research, children

Voting Members:

    Claudia Borzutzky, MD, Physician, University Park Health Center
    Expertise: Urgent Care, Primary Care and Women's Health Children/ pregnant women

    Kristin Craun, MPH, CIP, UPIRB Director
    Expertise: Federal and state human subject protection regulations

    JoAnn Farver, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology
    Expertise: Child Development Psychologist/Researcher

    Evelyn Gonzalez-Figueroa, Ph.D., M.P.H., UPIRB Community Member
    Expertise: Community Based Research in Ethnic Minorities Bilingual/Bi-cultural - English/Spanish

    Sarah Hammond, Undergraduate Student Representative
    Expertise: Undergraduate Students

    Argelis Ortiz, M.S., Graduate Student Representative
    Expertise: Graduate student Mentor/Social Work

    Jennifer Overbeck, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Marshall School of Business
    Expertise: Personality and Social Psychology Research

    Kristan Venegas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Rossier School of Education
    Expertise: Educational Research

    Art Warren, J.D., UPIRB Community Member
    Expertise: California Law and Prisoner Representative

    Ann Marie Yamada, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Social Work
    Expertise: Cultural research methods, community based mental health

Alternate Members

    Bennie Davenport, UPIRB Community Member
    Expertise: Ethnic minorities/children, economically/educationally disadvantaged

    Kenneth K. Sereno, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof., Annenberg School for Communication
    Expertise: Communication research

    Jesse Tong-Pin Yen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Viterbi School of Engineering
    Expertise: Biomedical Engineer/Researcher