IRB Members & Meetings - Florida Department of Health

If you’re interested in serving on the Institutional Review Board, complete the online appointment questionnaire. If you have any questions regarding the IRB or appointment process, please contact the board coordinator at 850-617-1473.

Members Who Have Scientific Expertise:

Members who have scientific expertise:
Sandra Schoenfisch – listed credentials are correct
Merlene Ramnon – listed credentials are correct
Susan Bulecza – listed credentials are correct
Adrian Cooksey – listed credentials are correct
Prince Danso-Odei – listed credentials are correct
Julia Fashner – listed credentials are correct
Meredith Hennon, MPH (Affiliate)
Gladys Liehr, Dr. rer. nat., CPM, FCCM, PMP (Affiliate)
Nina Mattei, MS (Affiliate)

Members Whose Primary Interest Is Non-scientific And/Or Represents The Perspective Of Research Partifipants:

Nina Mattei, MS (Affiliate)
Vincent Edwards, BS (Affiliate)

Membership requirements are specified in federal regulations. The IRB has one or more unaffiliated members; one or more members who represent the general perspective of participants; one or more members who do not have scientific expertise; one or more members who have scientific or scholarly expertise; and, when the IRB regularly reviews research that involves vulnerable participants, one or more members who are knowledgeable about or experienced in working with such participants.

The State Surgeon General appoints all members for a term of three years, which may be renewed.