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Center for Clinical and Translational Science
UMass Chan Institutional Review Board (IRB)

362 Plantation Street,
Ambulatory Care Center, 7th Floor
Worcester, MA 01605-0002

 

Office:
phone(508) 856-4261

General questions:
email IRB@umassmed.edu

Reliance agreement/External IRB questions:
emailIRBReliance@umassmed.edu

RMS eIRB questions:
emaileIRBsupport@umassmed.edu

IRB Office calendar/Zoom link:
UMass Chan eIRB - Home (sharepoint.com)

Name

Title

Phone

Jesica Pagano-Therrien, PhD, RN, CPNP IRB Committee Chair 508-856-3592
Allison Blodgett, PhD, CIP Director of IRB Operations 508-856-4271
Joann Jean-Baptiste IRB Protocol Specialist 508-856-8092
Christopher Phaiah, MBA IRB Protocol Specialist tba
Crystal Davis, MPH, CIP IRB Protocol Analyst 508-856-5291
Rachel Krebs, CIP IRB Protocol Analyst 508-856-2568
Andrea Robinson, CIP IRB Protocol Analyst 508-856-1573
Heather (Strom) Tessier, MA IRB Educational Specialist 508-856-1926

Federalwide Assurance: 00004009
Expiration Date: 1/4/2027
IRB Registration: 0000160
IRB 1: IRB00000269
IRB 2: IRB00000270


IRB Meetings

All Committee meetings are held on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month.

Submissions requiring review by the convened IRB are assigned to the first available meeting after the pre-review process is complete and the submission is determined to be ready for full Committee Review.


IRB Metrics

IRB Metrics

Median number of calendar days from submission to review/approval
  2020   2021   2022  
Review Approval Review Approval Review Approval
New Study Exempt   15   18   35
  Expedited 35 41 27 29 69 79
  Convened 28 80 26 51 31 60
Modification Expedited   7   10   13
  Convened 20 23 21 24 25 32

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