Our Team

Mission of the Office of Research Regulatory Affairs

ORRA is made up of a dedicated team of professionals who serve the research community to facilitate quality human research in a way that protects the rights, safety, and welfare of study participants and complies with ethical and legal standards for the conduct of science.

ORRA is divided into five offices - each specializing in different areas of human research protections. To meet your needs, please contact the most appropriate office/staff person below.


Office of Research Regulatory Affairs (ORRA) Administration


 
Rhonda Oilepo, MS, CIP, CHRC, CHPC
Associate Vice President of Research Regulatory Affairs
Phone: 214-648-6417
Erica Sawczuk, MBA
Administrative Manager
erica.sawczuk@utsouthwestern.edu
Phone: 214-648-9882
Claudia Ladzik, MEd
Administrative Coordinator
claudia.ladzik@utsouthwestern.edu
Phone: 214-648-7940
Barbara Simon
Administrative Associate
barbara.simon@utsouthwestern.edu
Phone: 214-648-3060
Channing Calton, BA
Sr. Financial Analyst/IRB Fees
channing.calton@utsouthwestern.edu
Phone: 214-648-9876
Kelechi Echendu, MS
Regulatory Monitoring Analyst
kelechi.echendu@utsouthwestern.edu
Phone: 214-648-3060
Kimberly A. Hawkins, BA
Business Analyst
kimberlya.hawkins@utsouthwestern.edu
Phone: 214-648-3060
Scott Meyers, BA
Clinical Research Educator
gregory.meyers@utsouthwestern.edu
Phone: 214-648-3060
Harshit Kakaraparthy
Department Data Analyst
harshit.kakaraparthy@utsouthwestern.edu
Phone: 214-648-3060
 


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Institutional Review Board (IRB) Office


Meyad Bird, MBA, CIP
IRB Director & SCRO Administrator
Direct: 214-648-5486
 
Erik Soliz, MS CIP
IRB Manager
Direct: 214-648-0232
 
HRPP Questions HRPP@UTSouthwestern.edu
UTSW ETHOS Questions eIRB@UTSouthwestern.edu
 
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Program Managers

Brendan Paulman, MS, CIP - Reliance
Hend Nadim, MBA, CIP - Expedited
Vacant - Full Board

Expedited Review Team

Amanda Smith, MPH, CIP
amanda2.smith@utsouthwestern.edu
Cassandra Hamilton, BS
cassandra.hamilton@utsouthwestern.edu
Roshalette Pickens-Davis, BS
roshalette.pickens-davis@utsouthwestern.edu
Jungsoo Han, PhD
jungsoo.han@utsouthwestern.edu

Pre-Review Team

Adrian Avila, BS
adrian.avila@utsouthwestern.edu 
Rumana Akhter, PhD
rumana.akhter@utsouthwestern.edu
Zachary "Noah" Hendrix, MS
zachary.hendrix@utsouthwestern.edu
Sahar Ismail, MS
sahar.ismail@utsouthwestern.edu 
Natalie Lemanczyk, MS
natalie.lemanczyk@utsouthwestern.edu 
Tiffany Moore, BS
tiffany.moore@utsouthwestern.edu 

Vacant

Investigator Relations & Agreements

Anna Antony, MA
anna.antony@utsouthwestern.edu
Amber Hicks, MBA
amber.hicks@utsouthwestern.edu
Michael Henson, BA, CCRC
michael.henson@utsouthwestern.edu

Reliance and sIRB Initiation

Marilyn Maldonado, MS
marilyn.maldonado@utsouthwestern.edu
Vacant

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Quality Assurance & Monitoring (QAM) Office


Kimberly Mapes, BA, CHRC
Director of Regulatory Support and Monitoring
Phone: 214-648-3680
 
 

Manali Thakkar, CHRC, MS
Program Manager

Phone: 214-648-3060

manali.thakkar@utsouthwestern.edu

Daryl Campbell-Pierre, PhD
Regulatory Monitoring Analyst
daryl.campbell-pierre@utsouthwestern.edu
Karen De La Fuente, BS
Regulatory Monitoring Analyst

karen.d.delafuente@gmail.com

Scot St. Martin, CIA, CGAP, CRMA
Senior Regulatory Associate

scot.stmartin@utsouthwestern.edu

Weam Ali, MS
Regulatory Monitoring Analyst

weam.ali@utsouthwestern.edu


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Regulatory Support Office (RSO)


 
Kimberly Mapes, BA, CHRC
Director of Regulatory Support and Monitoring
Phone: 214-648-3680
 
CT.gov Support ctgov@utsouthwestern.edu
Sponsor Investigator Support sisupport@utsouthwestern.edu
Rasija Nambiar, MSc, PGDPM
Regulatory Scientist (CT.gov support)
rasija.nambiar@utsouthwestern.edu
Italya Hutchinson, MBBS
Regulatory Scientist (SI Support)
Italya.Hutchinson@UTSouthwestern.edu

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