Office of Research Integrity Assurance
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dalney Street Building
926 Dalney Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-4025
Visitor and Parking Information
Organizational Chart: Office of Research Integrity Assurance (PDF)
Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee - IACUC@gatech.edu
Oversight of vertebrate animals in research.
- Director:
- Mary Beran - 404.385.2083 (office) or 404.290.2160 (cell/text)
- Team:
- Ted Evans - 470.891.0132
- Kris Schuppe - 470.572.7447
Institutional Biosafety Committee - IBC@gatech.edu
Oversight involves Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules only (does not include select or biological agents, infectious or pathogenic agents, chemicals, sharps, lasers, radiation, thermal agents, or other biohazards).
- Director:
- Mary Beran - 404.385.2083 (office) or 404.290.2160 (cell/text)
- Team:
- Ted Evans - 470.891.0132
- Kris Schuppe - 470.572.7447
Institutional Review Board: Georgia Tech (Central) - IRB@gatech.edu
Oversight of research involving human subjects.
- Director:
- VACANT - Director - IRB (Job ID 253780)
- Interim Director:
- Melanie Clark - 404.894.6942
- Additional Contacts:
- Scott Katz - 404.385.5208
- Carolyn Sims - 404.894.6944
- Kristin Capitano - 470.503.6579
- VACANT - Research Associate - IRB (Job ID: 241428)
- VACANT - Compliance Officer - IRB (Job ID: 251798)
Regulatory Affairs - regaffairs@gatech.edu
Regulatory guidance and assistance for projects that include investigational drugs, investigational medical devices, IVDs, and biologics.
- Interim Director:
- Melanie Clark - 404.894.6942
- Additional Contact:
- Scott Katz - 404.385.5208
Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Program
Oversight of sponsor and institutional RCR training requirements. For more information, visit https://rcr.gatech.edu/.
- RCR Program Administrator:
- Judy Willis, Office of Graduate Studies and Office of Research Integrity Assurance - 404.894.4764
- RCR Program Director:
- Jason Borenstein, School of Public Policy and Office of Graduate Studies - 404.385.2801
Institutional Review Entity (IRE) - Dual Use Research of Concern - IBC@gatech.edu
Oversight of life sciences research that can be "reasonably anticipated to provide knowledge, information, products, or technologies that could be directly misapplied to pose a significant threat with broad potential consequences to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, material, or national security).
- Mary Beran - 404.385.2083 (office) or 404.290.2160 (cell/text)
Update: Former ORIA Programs
The Export Control & Conflict of Interest programs are no longer part of ORIA. Please contact the Office of General Counsel (OGC) at the number/emails below.
OGC Export
The Export Control program moved to the Office of General Counsel. Please include export@gatech.edu on all emails to ensure prompt service from Export & Trade Compliance. OGC Org Chart
Export Team:
- Carrie Grazier, Export Control Compliance Officer
- Shimanda White, Export Control Compliance Officer
- Lacee Harris, Export Control Compliance Manager
- Sheila Cranman, Assistant Chief Counsel, Export & Trade
- Terry Bridges, Director, Ethics & Compliance
Export Empowered Officials:
- Georgia Tech Research Corporation / Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation
- Sheila Cranman, Assistant Chief Counsel, Export & Trade - 404.894.8412 or 404.326.9383 (cell)
- Terry Bridges, Director, Ethics & Compliance - 404.407.6972 (office) or 404.971.1528 (cell)
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Sheila Cranman, Assistant Chief Counsel, Export & Trade - 404.894.8412
- Terry Bridges, Director, Ethics & Compliance - 404.407.6972 (office) or 404.971.1528 (cell)
- Darryl Lunon, Deputy General Counsel & Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer - 404.385.1608 (office)
- Robert Butera, Vice President for Research Development and Operations - 404.894.2935 (office)
OGC Conflict of Interest
Conflict of Interest Management moved to the Office of General Counsel (Fall 2020). Please include COI@gatech.edu on all emails to ensure prompt service. COI Org Chart
Oversight includes research conflict of interest disclosures and management plans for research activities at Georgia Tech.
- Team:
- Aric Edwards, COI Manager - 470.269.5977
- Kathy McGinn, Compliance Officer - 404.385.4702
