IRB Contacts
The North Texas Regional Institutional Review Board (NTR IRB) works closely with investigators to ensure subjects’ 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 contact us by emailing NorthTexRegIRB@unthsc.edu, by calling us at 817-735-0409, or fax us at 817-735-0124.
Tania C. Ghani, MS, CIP – Executive Director, Office of Research Compliance
Ph: (817) 735-2038 – Email: Tania.Ghani@unthsc.edu
Oversees the research compliance operations and committees within UNTHSC which includes the North Texas Regional Institutional Review Board, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Research Conflict of Interest Committee and is the Institution’s Research Integrity Officer. Additionally, conducts IRB reviews for biomedical and social-behavioral human subject research projects.
Itzel Peña Pérez, MS, CIP – Director, North Texas Regional IRB
Ph: (817) 735-0673 – Email: Itzel.Pena@unthsc.edu
Oversees the daily operation of the North Texas Regional IRB who provides review services to various institutions across North Texas. Additionally, reviews social-behavioral and biomedical research projects; conducts Spanish translations and verifications for research projects involving human subjects; and is the institution’s ClinicalTrials.gov Administrator.
Amanda Oglesby, MS, CIP – IRB Compliance Manager
Ph: (817) 735-5457 – Email: Amanda.Oglesby@unthsc.edu
Manages biomedical and social-behavioral research projects.
Stacy Abraham, MPH – IRB Compliance Manager
Ph: (817) 735-5483 – Email: Stacy.Abraham@unthsc.edu
Manages biomedical and social-behavioral research projects.
Office Hours
Monday-Friday 8am – 5pm
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.
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