About the IRB - Office of Research & Innovation
IRB-About-Title
About the NPS IRB
IRB-About
The IRB’s primary responsibility is to ensure the safety and welfare of human research subjects. IRB roles, responsibilities and authorities include but are not limited to:
- Recommend approval, require modification to secure approval, table or defer review or disapprove human subject research.
- Take any action necessary to protect the rights and welfare of human subjects.
- Suspend or terminate human subject research that has been associated with unexpected serious harm to subjects or is in non-compliance with human research protection policy.
- Conduct prospective and continuing review of human subject research.
- Conduct prospective review and approval of changes to previously approved research.
- Reviews all audit findings or other reports (e.g., medical monitor reports) related human subject research.
IRB Members
- Dr. Larry Shattuck, Senior Lecturer, OR (Chair)
- Mr. Bryan Hudgens, Senior Lecturer, DDM (Vice Chair)
- LT Aditya Prasad, USN, Assistant Professor, OR (Vice Chair)
- Dr. Kathryn Aten, Associate Professor, DDM
- Mr. Gregory Miller, Senior Lecturer, SE
- Dr. Bradley Strawser, Associate Professor, DA
- Dr. Paul Lester, Associate Professor, DDM
- Dr. Christopher Darnton, Associate Professor, NSA
- Ms. Norma Reyes, Army Analytics, DDM
- Ms. Bridgette Newell, Army Analytics Group (Alternate for Ms. Reyes)
- MAJ Shawn Eskew, USA, TRAC Monterey
- MAJ Charles Rowan, USA, Moves Institute Ph.D. Student (Student Rep)
- Mr. James Howard, ITACS
Interested in joining the IRB? Contact Dr. Larry Shattuck for more information.
IRB-Contact
Contact the IRB
- Dr. Larry Shattuck
IRB Chair
lgshattu@nps.edu - LT Aditya Prasad, USN
IRB Vice Chair
aditya.prasad@nps.edu - Bryan Hudgens
IRB Vice Chair
bjhudgen@nps.edu - Human Research Protection Program
IRB@nps.edu
(831) 656-2043