IRB Office

• Sherryl Browne Graves, Ph.D.
  Chair – ‘Gold’ Committee
  sgraves@hunter.cuny.edu
  Dr. Graves is a full professor of psychological foundations of education and department chairperson in the Department of Educational Foundations and Counseling Programs at Hunter College.  She has a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Public Practice from Harvard University.  Dr. Graves’ research interests focus on children’s understanding of racial and ethnic portrayals in mass media, the impact of diversity in the educational process and the use of technology in the classroom.  

• Harriet Goodman, D.S.W.
  Co-Chair – ‘Amethyst’ Committee
  hgoodman@hunter.cuny.edu  
  Dr. Goodman is an associate professor at the Hunter College School of Social Work where she teaches Group Work, Work with Mandated and Involuntary Clients, Administration and Foundations of Social Work Practice.  In addition, she has taught Social Work Research for the past 10 years.  She has a doctorate in Social Work from Graduate Center of the City University of New York. During her twenty-five years in the field, she has worked with the elderly, people with disabilities, terminally ill children, persons with AIDS and people in community corrections. She has worked for the past eight years on a project to bring real-time multi-site distance learning to thousands of New York City human services workers.
   
• Roseanne Flores, Ph.D.
  Co-Chair – ‘Amethyst’ Committee
  rflores@hunter.cuny.edu
  
  Dr. Flores is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology. Her research focus includes the effect of poverty on children's cognitive and linguistic development, the influence of parent-child discourse practices on children's cognitive and linguistic development, and the role of teacher's reading styles on children's cognition

• Carolynn Julien, M.A.
  IRB Coordinator
  cjulien@hunter.cuny.edu
  Ms. Julien joined the IRB staff in September 1988.  As IRB Coordinator, she manages the day-to-day activities of the two IRB Committees and acts as the liaison between the IRB, College Officials, the Research Foundation, the CUNY Office of Research Conduct and researchers.  She implements operational polices and procedures, oversees the adequacy and qualification of IRB membership and monitors the progress of review by IRB members.  Ms. Julien is a member of Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research / The Applied Research Ethics National Association PRIM&R /ARENA and holds the Certified IRB Professional (CIP) granted by this organization.

• Amanda Howard, B.A.
  IRB Specialist
  ahowar@hunter.cuny.edu
  Ms. Howard joined the IRB staff in March 2008.  She facilitates the IRB process by interacting with researchers to offer guidance and pre-review of IRB protocols.  Ms. Howard attends the monthly IRB meetings and assists with the minutes of the meeting.

• Tara Smith, B.A.
  Administrative Assistant for Regulatory Affairs
  tsm@hunter.cuny.edu
  Ms. Smith joined the IRB staff in March 2001.  She is responsible for the layout and design of the IRB Newsletter, preparing and ensuring delivery of IRB meeting materials for IRB members, setup for the monthly IRB meetings.  Ms. Smith also handles calls and questions and performs other IRB administrative functions.

• Sarah Leon
  Student Aide
  sleon_04@hotmail.com 
  Ms. Leon joined the IRB staff in the Spring 2006 semester.  She prepares IRB approval materials, assists with filing, preparation and duplication of documents for monthly IRB meetings and for protocols reviewed by the expedited process.  Ms. Leon assists with essential record-keeping required by the IRB.
  
   
• IRB Members
  IRB members are from the following departments/schools: Educational Foundations and Counseling Programs, Nursing, Economics, Social Work, Urban Affairs and Planning, Sociology, Psychology, History, Political Science, English, Special Education, Geography, Urban Public Health, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Curriculum & Teaching, the Brookdale Center of Healthy Aging and Longevity and the Center for HIV, Educational Studies and Training.  We also have several community members.