HS IRBs Office: Contact Information

HS IRBs staff are available to answer questions by phone, email, or in-person consultation.

Urgent issues (e.g., subject safety concerns), call our main line (608-263-2362) and ask to speak with the staff reviewer on call. Please do NOT use email for these kinds of questions.
General IRB questions, call our main line (608-263-2362) to speak with the staff reviewer on call or email asktheirb@medicine.wisc.edu. These are the quickest ways to get help with general questions.
Help with single IRB review and reliance questions, email irbreliance@wisc.edu.
Assistance with ARROW or technical questions, email askarrowirb@medicine.wisc.edu.
Consultations: For investigators seeking assistance on a specific program or application, HS-IRBs staff are available for individual consultations: Request a consultation
Presentations: The HS-IRBs office is available to provide the research community with presentations and training sessions on a variety of topics: Request a presentation

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Gretchen Anding, MA	Assistant Director	ganding@wisc.edu	(608) 263-4170
Mike Bingham, JD	IRB Facilitator	mfbingham@wisc.edu	(608) 265-9792
John Cejka, MA	Senior IRB Analyst	jtcejka@wisc.edu	(608) 263-6455
Nichelle Cobb, PhD	Director	nlcobb@wisc.edu	(608) 262-1980
Lara Curkeet, BA	Staff Reviewer	lararoberts@wisc.edu	(608) 265-4389
Monica Esquibel, PhD	Staff Reviewer	mesquibel@wisc.edu	(608) 262-3231
Jennifer Fenne, PhD	Senior IRB Analyst	jjfenne@wisc.edu	(608) 263-8914
Rebecca Hoffman, MS	Staff Reviewer	rmhoffma@wisc.edu	(608) 263-8880
Sherry Holcomb, MS	Staff Reviewer	ssholcomb@wisc.edu	(608) 265-2304
Kendall Holley, BA	Staff Reviewer IRB Facilitator	kendall.holley@wisc.edu	(608) 262-7564
Jessica Johnson, BS	Continuing Review Analyst Reportable Event Point Person	jessicascott@wisc.edu	(608) 263-0835
Jackie Lee, BA	Staff Reviewer	jalee6@wisc.edu	(608) 261-1157
Anna Martin, MPH	Staff Reviewer	awmartin2@wisc.edu	(608) 520-0181
Carol Pech, PhD	Associate Director	pech@wisc.edu	(608) 263-2705
Catherine Rogers, BS	Senior IRB Analyst	csrogers@wisc.edu	(608) 262-0041
Joscelyn Stangel, BS	Continuing Review and Reportable Events Analyst	jrstangel@wisc.edu	(608) 262-3752
Brandy Stoffel, JD, LLM	IRB Facilitator WIRB Gateway Team	bstoffel@wisc.edu	(608) 265-4390
Rob Whitehead, BA	Operations and Quality Assurance Specialist	rawhitehead@wisc.edu	(608) 262-7544

HS IRB Chair	MR IRB Chair
Yoram Shenker, MD Professor of Medicine (608)262-8605 yxs@medicine.wisc.edu	Peter S. Rahko, MD, FACP, FACC Professor of Medicine-Cardiovascular (608)263-8838 psr@medicine.wisc.edu
HS IRB Vice Chair
Michael Peterson, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry (608)265-8130 mpeterson2@wisc.edu

Health Sciences Institutional Review Boards
800 University Bay Drive, Suite 105
Madison, WI 53705
Campus Mailcode: UBOB-9425
Directions/Map

Main Line: (608)263-2362
Fax: (608)265-5811
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8AM-4:30PM