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Our Team

Our staff are here to help with any questions, please see below for the appropriate support.

ORRA Administration

Human Research Protection Program / Institutional Review Board

Regulatory Support and Monitoring Office

Conflict of Interest Office

Export Control and Research Security Office

ORRA Administration

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Rhonda Oilepo, MS, CIP, CHRC, CHPC Associate Vice President of Research Regulatory Affairs	Email Phone: 214-648-6417
Erica Sawczuk, MBA Department Administrator	Email Phone: 214-648-9882
Claudia Ladzik, MEd Administrative Coordinator	Email Phone: 214-648-7940
Jennifer Parrish Administrative Associate	jennifer.parrish@utsouthwestern.edu Phone:
Channing Calton, BA Sr. Financial Analyst/IRB Fees	Email Phone: 469-852-9694
Kelechi Echendu, MS, PMP Regulatory Monitoring Analyst	Email Phone: 469-852-9699
Kimberly A. Hawkins, BA Business Analyst	Email Phone: 469-852-8503
Scott Meyers, BA Clinical Research Educator	Email Phone: 469-852-8513
Harshit Kakaraparthy Department Data Analyst	Email Phone: 469-852-8510

Human Research Protection Program (HRPP)/Institutional Review Board (IRB) Office

Contact	Email and Phone
HRPP Main Line	Phone: 214-648-3060
HRPP Support	Email
IRB Fee Support	Email
UTSW ETHOS Support	Email

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Meyad Bird, MBA, CIP Director, IRB \| SCRO Administrator	Email Phone: 214-648-5486
Erik Soliz, MS, CIP Assistant Director, IRB	Email Phone: 214-648-0232

Program Managers

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Brendan Paulman, MS, CIP Reliance	Email Phone: 469-852-8517
Cassandra Hamilton, BS, CIP Full Board/Expedited	Email Phone: 469-852-8515
Amanda Smith, MPH, CIP Agreements	Email Phone: 469-852-8521

Expedited Review Team

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Sahar Ismail, MS	Email Phone: 469-852-8509
Roshalette Pickens-Davis, BS	Email Phone: 469-852-8518
Jungsoo Han, PhD	Email Phone: 469-852-8502
Lynda Bennett, PhD	Email Phone: 469-852-8803
Natalie Lemanczyk, MS	Email Phone: 469-852-8511

Pre-Review Team

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Adrian Avila, MS	Email Phone: 469-852-9693
Rumana Akhter, PhD	Email Phone: 469-852-9690
Zachary "Noah" Hendrix, MS	Email Phone: 469-852-8506
Jill Morales, MS	Email Phone: 469-852-8865
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Investigator Relations & Agreements

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Anna Antony, MA	Email Phone: 469-852-9692
Amber Hicks, MBA	Email Phone: 469-852-8507

Reliance and sIRB Initiation

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Marilyn Maldonado, MS	Email Phone: 469-852-8512
Ohenewaa Dede-Bamfo, MEd	Email Phone: 469-852-9697
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Regulatory Support and Monitoring Office

Contact	Email and Phone
QAM and RSO Main Line	Phone: 214-648-5100
QAM Support	Email
CT.gov Support	Email
Sponsor Investigator Support	Email

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

Quality Assurance & Monitoring (QAM) Office

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Manali Thakkar, MS, CHRC Program Manager	Email Phone: 469-852-8523
Daryl Campbell-Pierre, PhD	Email Phone: 469-852-9695
Karen De La Fuente, BS	Email Phone: 469-852-9696
Weam Ali, MS, CHRC	Email Phone: 469-852-9691
Aso Opwora, RN, BSN, MPH	Email Phone: 469-852-8871
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Regulatory Support Office (RSO)

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Rasija Nambiar, MSc, PGDPM CT.gov Support	Email Phone: 469-852-8516
Italya Hutchinson, MBBS Sponsor Investigator Support	Email Phone: 469-852-8508

Conflict of Interest Office

Contact Name	Email and Phone
COI Main Line	Phone: 214-648-5300
COI Support	Email

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Jonathan Hunter, MS, CIP Director, Conflict of Interest	Email Phone: 214-648-3711
Laura M. Snowden, BS Assistant Director, Conflict of Interest	Email Phone: 469-852-8656

Conflict of Interest Team

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Neela Dinesh, PhD, CHRC	Email Phone: 469-852-9698
Vince Snoddy, MBA, CHRC	Email Phone: 214-648-0523
Sandy Parker, MPA, CISA	Email Phone: 214-648-0874

Conflict of Commitment Team

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Iesha Garner	Email Phone: 469-852-8500
Alishea Helm	Email Phone: 469-852-8505

Export Control and Research Security Office

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Export Control and Research Security Main Line	Phone: 214-645-4700
Export Control Support	Email
Research Security Support	Email

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Nicholaus Krieter, BA, EXCS™, ECoP® (EAR/ITAR) Director, Research Security	Email Phone: 214-648-5486
Melissa Toress-Altoro, PhD, CHRC Manager	Email Phone: 214-648-2643

Export Control Team

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Brenda Riofrio, MBA-HCM, EXCS	Email Phone: 469-852-8519
Matt Coop	Email Phone: 469-852-8875

Research Security Team

Contact Name	Email and Phone
Cory Hayes	Email Phone: 469-852-8504
Scot St. Martin, CIA, CRMA, CGAP	Email Phone: 469-852-8522
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