IRB Contacts
The Office of Research Compliance (ORC) works closely with investigators and the North Texas Regional Institutional Review Board (IRB) to ensure subject’s welfare and research compliance with federal regulations. You may contact us for assistance or guidance regarding human subject research and IRB review. Please schedule an appointment to ensure staff availability. For general questions and guidance, please call 817-735-0409. Please send fax correspondence to 817-735-0124.
Brian A. Gladue, Ph.D., CIP – Associated Vice President of Research Administration, Executive Director for the Office of Research Compliance, Executive Director for the North Texas Regional IRB
Ph: (817) 735-5083 – Email: Brian.Gladue@unthsc.edu
Deb Ceron – Senior Research Compliance Manager
Ph: (817) 735-5483 – Email: Deb.Ceron@unthsc.edu
Coordinator for all FDA industry-sponsored and federal government (NIH, CDC) clinical trials.
Itzel Peña Pérez, MS, CIP – Assistant Director, North Texas Regional IRB
Ph: (817) 735-0673 – Email: Itzel.Pena@unthsc.edu
Coordinator for social-behavioral and biomedical research projects; and conducts Spanish translations and verifications for research projects involving human subjects.
Amanda Oglesby, MS, CIP – Research Compliance Manager
Ph: (817) 735-5457 – Email: Amanda.Oglesby@unthsc.edu
Coordinator for biomedical and social-behavioral research projects.
Tania C. Ghani, MS, CIP – Assistant Director, North Texas Regional IRB
Ph: (817) 735-2038 – Email: Tania.Ghani@unthsc.edu
Jessica Bird – Research Compliance Manager
Ph: (817) 735-2081 – Email: Jessica.Bird@unthsc.edu
Christine Keas – Senior Administrative Coordinator
Ph: (817) 735-0409 – Email: Christine.Keas@unthsc.edu
Office Hours
Monday-Friday 8am – 5pm
The Office of Research Compliance (ORC) – North Texas Regional IRB is located on the first floor of Center for Biohealth (CBH) Suite 160. Our mail-in address is 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd Fort Worth, TX 76107. Please address mail with attention to the Office of Research Compliance / North Texas Regional IRB. You may contact us at 817-735-0409. Please send fax correspondence to 817-735-0124.
We are always willing to provide assistance to investigators regarding current or prospective research protocols. Please schedule an appointment to ensure staff availability.
All documents and correspondence for the North Texas Regional IRB can be dropped off during business hours (8am-5pm) at the front desk of ORC with Ms. Christine Keas.
IRB MEMBERS
The North Texas Regional IRB is a committee of highly-qualified individuals with various backgrounds and areas of expertise to promote complete and adequate review of human subject research activities including those which involve vulnerable subjects. In addition, the board has the expertise and capacity, as required by federal regulations, to review prisoner research.
DIVISION OF RESEARCH & INNOVATION DIRECTORY
ORC is organized within the Division of Research & Innovation at UNTHSC. As such, we collaborate with the Office of Clinical Trials and the Office of Grants and Contract Management in coordinating human subject research at UNTHSC, and the Office of Clinical Research at John Peter Smith Health Network. Click the Division of Research & Innovation Directory link for a listing of the Division of Research & Innovation.