Harvard University Area IRB Office

General Contact

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the office is working remotely. For quickest response, please contact us via email.

p: (617) 496-2847

Shannon Sewards

Director

Shannon Sewards is the Director of the Committee on the Use of Human Subjects at Harvard University. In this role, she is responsible for the leadership...

Kathryn Bean

IRB Administrator

Kathryn Bean serves as IRB Administrator, focused on the administration of IRB review and regulatory compliance. Kathryn began working at Harvard...

Jonathan Girard

Assistant Director

Jonathan M. Girard serves as Assistant Director of the Harvard University Area IRB. He manages the IRB Administrator staff and internal training...

Lauren Hammer

IRB Coordinator

Lauren Hammer is the IRB Coordinator for the Harvard University Area Institutional Review Board (IRB) office. In this role, she provides administrative... Read more about Lauren Hammer

lauren_hammer@harvard.edu

p: (617) 496-2847

Ani Heller

Reliance Administrator

Ani Heller is the Reliance Administrator for the Harvard University Area IRB. Before joining...

Alicia McGovern

IRB Administrator

Alicia McGovern is an IRB Administrator for the Committee on the Use of Human Subjects at Harvard University. Alicia moved to this role in 2018...

Elizabeth Parsons

IRB Administrator

Elizabeth Parsons is an IRB Administrator for the Harvard University Area IRB, working with the Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School...

Saraf Salim

IRB Administrator

Saraf Salim, MPH is an IRB Administrator for the Committee on the Use of Human Subjects (CUHS). Saraf moved to the Boston area from Long Island in...

Katie Schaffenberger

IRB Administrator

Katie Schaffenberger joined the Harvard University Area IRB in December 2021 as an IRB Administrator. She happily moved to the Boston area after living...