OHRP Research Community Forum

Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives, Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP)

Nichelle Cobb, PhD, is the Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives for the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) and previously a site visitor for AAHRPP and member of AAHRPP’s Council on Accreditation. Prior to joining AAHRPP, she was the Director of the Health Sciences Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) for 16 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has worked with IRBs for 20+ years. Nichelle has been involved in single IRB work for more than a decade and was instrumental in the development of the SMART IRB Reliance Agreement and serves as a Senior Advisor and Ambassador for SMART IRB, a federally funded project to support the implementation of single IRB. In addition, Nichelle is a member of the SMART IRB Harmonization Steering Committee and has co-led working groups to harmonize IRB and Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) practices, such as for reportable events, ancillary reviews, continuing review, and local context. Nichelle is active with Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R), including as a Board member and a co-chair of the human subjects research content planning committees for annual Advancing Ethics in Research Conference as well as developing and teaching courses for new IRB administrators. She contributed to IRB Management and Function, 3 rd Edition , authored academic articles on single IRB and informed consent, and serves as a peer reviewer on HRPP-related topics for several journals.

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   Let’s Review Some Research: AAHRPP Interactive Session Facilitator

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