HUA IRB Staff
Harvard University Area IRB
Institutional Review Board (IRB) staff are generally available from 9AM to 5PM, Monday through Friday. Some staff may have adjusted hours (for example, 8AM to 4PM).
- If an IRB staff member is on vacation, they will have an out of office message on their email.
- If an IRB staff member is on vacation, items in their portfolio may be triaged to other IRB staff members.
The office is working hybrid remote. For quickest response, please contact us via email.
email: cuhs@harvard.edu
phone: (617) 496-2847
1350 Massachusetts Avenue - Smith Campus Center
Suite 645 (6th Floor)
Cambridge, MA 02138
Jonathan Girard
jonathan_girard@harvard.eduDirector, Human Research Protection Program (HRPP)
Jonathan M. Girard serves as the Director of the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) for the Harvard University Area. In this role, Jonathan leads institutional officials, investigators, research staff, administrative offices, and public...
Katie Jones
kathryn_jones@harvard.eduAssistant Director, Harvard University Area Institutional Review Board
Katie Jones, MPH serves as the Assistant Director of the Harvard University Area Institutional Review Board. In this role, Katie provides leadership and oversight for review operations of the Harvard University Area (HUA) IRB, including the managing and...
Kathryn Bean
kathryn_bean@harvard.eduIRB Administrator Team Lead
Kathryn Bean serves as IRB Administrator Team Lead, focused on the administration of IRB review and regulatory compliance. Kathryn began working at Harvard University in January of 2017, at the Committee on the Use of Human Research Subjects where she...
Katie Schaffenberger
katie_schaffenberger@harvard.eduReliance Administrator
Katie Schaffenberger is the Reliance Administrator for the Harvard University Area IRB. Katie moved to the Boston area in 2021 to begin working in the HUA IRB office after living in Central Illinois for 6 ½ years. She has worked in the IRB world since...
Brandon Finn
brandon_finn@harvard.eduIRB Administrator
Brandon Finn, CIP, serves as an IRB Administrator for the Harvard University Area IRB. His portfolio includes Harvard Graduate School of Education, Derek Bok Center, Rowland Institute, and Weatherhead Center. A dynamic professional with a multifaceted...
Sarah Ciosek
sarah_ciosek@harvard.eduIRB Administrator
Sarah Ciosek is an IRB Administrator for the Harvard University Area IRB. Her portfolio includes Government, Health Policy, Public Policy and Psychology. Prior to her start in research administration, Sarah assisted with both human subjects and animal...
Carolina Becerril
carolina_becerril@harvard.eduIRB Administrator
Carolina Becerril, MPH, is an IRB Administrator for the Harvard University Area IRB. Her portfolio includes Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School. Before joining Harvard in April 2024, she previously worked as a Study Coordinator at Fenway Health...
Eric Taft
eric_taft@harvard.eduIRB Administrator
Eric is an IRB Administrator for the Harvard University Area IRB. His portfolio includes Psychology, Economics, African American Studies, and the Harvard Divinity School. Prior to beginning at Harvard in 2024, Eric worked for the Human Research Protection...
Abby Outterson
abigail_outterson@harvard.eduIRB Administrator
Abigail Outterson, MPH, is an IRB Administrator for the Harvard University Area IRB. Abby’s portfolio includes the Graduate School of Design, SEAS/WYSS, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Physics, Computational Science, and Human Evolutionary Biology...
Lauren Hammer
lauren_hammer@harvard.eduIRB Coordinator
Lauren Hammer is the IRB Coordinator for the Harvard University Area Institutional Review Board (IRB) office. In this role, she provides administrative support to the HUA IRB, the staff of the IRB office, and works with faculty, researchers, IRB staff and...
