{"id":2634,"date":"2024-03-11T10:48:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T14:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research2\/?page_id=2634"},"modified":"2025-05-22T11:22:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:22:50","slug":"irb-member-directory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/irb\/irb-member-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"IRB Member Directory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Institutional Review Board<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group staff-member\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"859\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/172\/2025\/01\/Dr-Anderson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/172\/2025\/01\/Dr-Anderson.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/172\/2025\/01\/Dr-Anderson-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-custom-font wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Heidi Anderson<br><\/strong>President, UMES<br>John T. Williams Hall &#8211; Office 2107<br>Phone: 410-651-6502<br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:HMAnderson@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:HMAnderson@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hmanderson@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/academic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2022\/07\/Allen-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2604\" style=\"width:262px;height:262px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-custom-font wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rondall Allen<br><\/strong>Provost, UMES<br>John T. Williams Hall &#8211; Office 3112<br>Phone: 410-651-6713<br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:REAllen@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:REAllen@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reallen@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/172\/2022\/09\/Dr.Lakeisha-Harris.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1697\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-custom-font wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LaKeisha Harris<br><\/strong>Associate Vice President, UMES<br>Engineering &amp; Aviation Sciences &#8211; Office 3049<br>Phone: 410-651-6080<br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:llharris@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:llharris@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:llharis@umes.edu\">llharris@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1056\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/172\/2022\/09\/Joseph-Pitula-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/172\/2022\/09\/Joseph-Pitula-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/172\/2022\/09\/Joseph-Pitula-1-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/172\/2022\/09\/Joseph-Pitula-1-745x1024.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-custom-font wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Joseph Pitula<br><\/strong>Director, Office of Sponsored Programs &amp; Research<br>Engineering &amp; Aviation Sciences &#8211; Office 3042<br>Phone: 410-651-2980<br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:llharris@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:llharris@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:jspitula@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:jspitula@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:jspitula@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jspitula@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><style>\n.staff-member img{\n\tmin-width: 190px;\n\tmin-height: 190px;\n\twidth: 190px;\n\theight: 160px;\n\tobject-fit: cover;\n\tobject-position: top;\n\tborder-radius: 5%;\n\tbox-shadow: rgba(33, 35, 38, 0.1) 0px 10px 10px -10px;\n\tborder: 1px solid #ccc;\n}\n<\/style><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Department<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Phone<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>E-mail<\/strong><\/td><td>IRB Membership<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jennifer Bobenko, PhD<\/td><td>Natural Sciences&nbsp;<\/td><td>443-614-9226&nbsp;<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:JCBobenko@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:JCBobenko@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JCBobenko@umes.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Chair<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dennis Klima, PT, MS, PhD, DPT&nbsp;<\/td><td>Physical Therapy&nbsp;<\/td><td>410-651-6354&nbsp;<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:DWKlima@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:DWKlima@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DWKlima@umes.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Co-Chair<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cynthia Calixta, MD, MPH<\/td><td>Wicomico County Health Dept&nbsp;<\/td><td>667-203-1230<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:Cynthia.Calixte@maryland.gov\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:Cynthia.Calixte@maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cynthia.Calixte@maryland.gov<\/a><\/td><td>Community Member<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Amy Hagenrater-Gooding, PhD<\/td><td>English and Modern Languages<\/td><td>410-651-6351<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:ABHagenratergooding@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:ABHagenratergooding@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABHagenratergooding@umes.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Nonscientist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Arlisha Norwood, PhD<\/td><td>Social Science<\/td><td>410-651-6240<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:ANorwood@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:ANorwood@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ANorwood@umes.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Nonscientist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joshua Shockley, MS<\/td><td>Grants and Contracts<\/td><td>410-651-8993<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:JLShockley@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:JLShockley@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JLShockley@umes.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Nonscientist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kamil Alzayady<\/td><td>Physician Assistant<\/td><td>410-651-6721<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:KJAlzayady@umes.edu\">KJAlzayady@umes.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Scientist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Robert Brown, PhD<\/td><td>Criminal Justice \/ Social Sciences<\/td><td>410-651-8482<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:joarumala@umes.edu\">RABrown@umes.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Scientist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kingsley Ejiogu, PhD<\/td><td>Criminal Justice<\/td><td>410-651-8914<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:KEjiogu@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:KEjiogu@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KEjiogu@umes.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Scientist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jiabing Fan, PhD<\/td><td>Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/td><td>410-621-2077<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:JFan@umed.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:JFan@umed.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JFan@umed.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Scientist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;Khaled Hasan, PhD<\/td><td>&nbsp;Physician Assistant<\/td><td>&nbsp;410-651-6720<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:JFan@umed.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:JFan@umed.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"mailto:KHasan@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:KHasan@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KHasan@umes.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Scientist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stephanie McAllister, DPT<\/td><td>Physical Therapy<\/td><td>410-651-6301<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:SJMcallister@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:SJMcallister@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SJMcallister@umes.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Scientist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Madhumi Mitra, PhD<\/td><td>Natural Sciences<\/td><td>410-651-6049<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:MMitra@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:MMitra@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MMitra@umes.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Scientist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LaShawn Nastvogel, PhD<\/td><td>Kinesiology<\/td><td>410-651-6623<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:LDNastvogel@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:LDNastvogel@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LDNastvogel@umes.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Scientist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Xi (Lisa) Zheng, PhD<\/td><td>Rehabilitation Services<\/td><td>410-621-3022<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:LZheng@umes.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:LZheng@umes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LZheng@umes.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Scientist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tysha Palmer<\/td><td>Compliance and Post Award Specialist<\/td><td>410-651-6714<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:TRPalmer@umes.edu\">TRPalmer@umes.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Scientist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Veronica Umeasiegbu<\/td><td>Rehabilitation<\/td><td>410-651-6588<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:VIUmeasiegbu@umes.edu\">VIUmeasiegbu@umes.edu<\/a><\/td><td>Scientist<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Institutional Review Board Heidi AndersonPresident, UMESJohn T. Williams Hall &#8211; Office 2107Phone: 410-651-6502Email: hmanderson@umes.edu Rondall AllenProvost, UMESJohn T. Williams Hall &#8211; Office 3112Phone: 410-651-6713Email: reallen@umes.edu LaKeisha HarrisAssociate Vice President, UMESEngineering &amp; Aviation Sciences &#8211; Office 3049Phone: 410-651-6080Email: llharris@umes.edu Joseph PitulaDirector, Office of Sponsored Programs &amp; ResearchEngineering &amp; Aviation Sciences &#8211; Office 3042Phone: 410-651-2980Email: jspitula@umes.edu Name&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/irb\/irb-member-directory\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">IRB Member Directory<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2599,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[15],"class_list":["post-2634","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2634\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=2634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}