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Office of Animal Welfare

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General Information

Address

3624 Market Street, Suite 301S 

Philadelphia, PA 19104

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HoursMonday to Friday

 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Main Office Contact

B. Kadeda Burgess

Administrative Assistant

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215.573.2540

215.573.2541

Fax 215.573.9438 or 215.746.6308

Office of Animal Welfare

The review of research projects involving animal subjects is conducted by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).  All inquiries specific to a submission should be directed to the IACUC administrative assistants. Investigators may use BEN Reports to identify the status of a protocol submitted for IACUC review.

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Peter Felsburg, VMD, PhD
Chair, IACUC
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215.898.3527
Troy Hallman, MS, VMD, DACLAM
Director of Animal Welfare
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Adminstrative Staff

Michael Padron, CPIA
Senior IACUC Administrator

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215.573.7302
Kim Fersner IACUC Adminstrator This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 215.573.0793
Ivy Evans

Administrative Assistant 

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Animal Welfare Compliance Staff

Lisa Panchella, MLAS

Compliance Manager This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 215.573.0790
Rebecca Spangenberg, MLASCompliance Monitor This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 215.746.6271
Amanda O'HaraCompliance Monitor This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 215.898.2431
    

 Institutional Review Board Adminstration / Human Research Protections

The work of reviewing submissions involving human subjects is divided among 8 Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). IRBs 1-5 & 7 review biomedical research. IRB 8 reviews behavioral and social sciences research. IRB 6 serves Pennsylvania Hospital. All inquiries specific to a submission should be directed to the Administrative Assistant or IRB Administrator of the relevant IRB.   

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Emma Meagher, MDExecutive Chair, Institutional Review Board  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  215.662.2174
Tracy Ziolek, MS, CIP
Director, Human Research Protections  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  215.746.6272
Megan Kasimatis Singleton, JD, MBE, CIPAssociate Director, Human Research Protections  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  215.746.6275
 

Expedited/Exempt Analysts for the Biomedical Sciences and for the Social & Behavioral Sciences

Senior Administrators

Patrick Stanko, CIP 
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Kyle Stephens, MA, CIP
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IRBs 1, 4, 5

Senior Administrator

Patrick Stanko, CIP 
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Administrators

 Heather Emery IRB 1
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Jenna Dragani, MS, CIP
 IRB 4
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 Christine Davison IRB 5
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Administrative Coordinators

 Renee Crews IRB 4
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 James Colyar
 IRB 5
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Administrative Assistants

Judy Dukes  IRB 1
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 IRBs 2 and 3

Senior Administrator

  IRB Operations Manager/IRB 2 Administrator
  

Administrator

 Meghan Blair, MS, CIP
 IRB 3
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 Administrative Assistants

  IRB 2
  
Dave Heagerty IRB 3
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 IRBs 6, 7, and 8

 Senior Adminstrator

Kyle Stephens, MA, CIP
IRB 8 IRB Senior Administrator, Analyst: Expedited Review, Social & Behavioral Sciences/ IRB 8 administrator
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 Administrators

Melissa Eng, CIP
 IRB 6
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Benjamin Hernberg  IRB 7
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 Administrative Assistants

Ed Fong
 IRB 6
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Tiffany Finn
 IRB 7
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  IRB 8  

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Administrative  Support

Jamie KimbroughRegulatory Records Specialist This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  215.573.7467

 

Technical Support

Pearette Allen
Technical Systems Support Specialist
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215.573.1005
Please contact Pearette Allen with any technical questions about the HS-ERA or Penn ERA system.

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