# IRB MEMBERSHIP ROSTER

• The following lists the members identified by name; earned degrees; representative capacity;

indications of experience such as board certifications, licenses, et c., sufficient to describe each

member’s chief anticipated contri butions to IRB deliberations.

• No member of the Independent In vestigational Review Board, Inc has employment or other

relationship (for example, full-ti me employee, a member of governi ng panel or board, stockholder,

paid or unpaid consultant) of any study sponsor, or otherwis e involved with the research.

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Replaces 1/21/10            IRB Membership Roster PRIMARY MEMBERS

Frances Conwa y

, RN, CIP

CHAIR

(Scientific) Affiliated

Member since 2008 Ms. Conway is a registered nurse with knowledge of regulatory r equirements as related

to IRB compliance with FDA, DHHS, and EPA regulations.

Julie A. Blasingim, BA, MBA, CIP

VICE CHAIR

(Non‐Scientific) Affiliated

Member since 2009 Ms. Blasingim comes to the IRB with extensive knowledge of huma n research protection

issues  and  regulatory  compliance.  She  presents  ongoing  educatio nal  programs  and

regulatory updates to the IR B members and IIRB staff.

Marcos Rejtman, DO

(Scientific) Unaffiliated

Member since 2005 Dr.  Rejtman  is  Board  Certified  in  Family  Practice,  Geriatric  Me dicine  and  Hospice  &

Palliative Care. Through his experience, Dr. Rejtman is able to evaluate protocols from a

scientific perspective with a fo cus on risks/benefit analysis.

Rabbi Akiva D. Mann, MA

(Non‐Scientific) Unaffiliated

Member since 1997 Rabbi  Mann  is  the  Director  of  The  Institute  of  Jewish  Knowledge and  Learning  and

provides moral and ethical persp ectives to the review process.

Edward Wiederhorn

(Non‐Scientific) Unaffiliated

Member since 1995 Mr. Wiederhorn is a  community  representative  to  the  IIRB,  Inc. He is a member  of  the

American Association of Retired Persons  (AARP) and has been inv olved with  Fraternal

and Charitable Organizations.

Shari Somerstein, RPh

(Scientific) Affiliated

Member since 1999 Ms.  Somerstein  has  extensive  experience  in  clinical  pharmacolog y  and  the  drug

development process  through analys is  of clinical and non‐clinic al data, with a  focus  on

human research protection.

ALTERNATE MEMBERS

Alternate Members serve as a voting member, when filling the role of an absent voting member. Alternate Scientific Members can

serve as a voting alternate member for Frances Conway, but cannot serve as a Chair of the IRB. Alternate Non

­ Scientific Members

can serve as an alternate voting member for Julie Blasingim, but cannot serve as a Vice Chair of the IRB.

Ernest Bertha, MD, MBA

*(Scientific) Unaffiliated

Member since 2009 Dr. Bertha is a Board Certified Pediatrician specializing in em ergency medicine, bringing

with him a background of pedia tric acute care medicine.

David D. Wells, MD

(Scientific) Unaffiliated

Member since 1996 Dr. Wells has served as an Emergency Medicine Department Chairm an. He has worked

with different ethnic populations, especially migrant workers a nd brings his sensitivity of

the social mores of the unde rprivileged to the IRB.

Glenn K. Moran, DO, FACOFP

(Scientific) Unaffiliated

Member since 2004 Dr. Moran is Board Certified in Family Practice. Through his pr esent practice, he is able

to contribute up to date information related to the current med ical world. In addition, Dr,

Moran is a Clinical Associate Professor of family medicine at a local university.

Robert Lettman, Esq

(Non‐Scientific) Affiliated

Member since 2004 Mr.  Lettman  is  a  practicing  Attorney  providing  legal  understand ing  with  regard  to  the

rights of research participants.

Levi G. Williams, Esq

(Non‐Scientific) Unaffiliated

Member since 2007 Mr. Williams is a practicing Attorney with a  focus on cultural diversity, including multi‐

racial and juvenile rights.

Marijke Adams, PharmD, PhD

(Scientific) Unaffiliated

Member since 2009 Dr.  Adams  is  an  adjunct  pharmacology  Professor  at  a  local  Unive rsity.  She  also  has

extensive  experience  in  pharmace utical  drugs  development,  proto col  development,

regulatory requirements, and the conduct of clinical and noncli nical research.Version: 11/3/10 Page 2 of 2

Replaces 1/21/10            IRB Membership Roster Rev. Pat Alessi

(Non‐Scientific) Unaffiliated

Member since 2010 Rev. Pat Alessi is an ordained minister serving as an Associate Minister for more than 35

years. Her experience allows her to provide moral and ethical p erspectives  to research

involving humans.

CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS ROSTER (Version: 1/21/10)

Removed  George  Garbarino  as  a  Pr imary  IRB Member,  recognition  o f  Frances  Conway  and  Julie  Blasingim  as  Certified  IRB

Professionals (CIP), correction of Glenn K. Moran MD, FACOFP to Glenn K. Moran DO, FACOFP, and updated the description of

Dr. Moran’s expertise.