Cecilia Brooke Cholka serves Weill Cornell Medicine as a Human Research and QA Manager and consultant for the PEER Consulting Group. She works to demystify IRB processes and expectations so that researchers and the IRB can work together collaboratively to ensure ethical conduct of research.

An Institutional Review Board or IRB is commonly found at institutions that conduct or participate in research activities. The purpose of the IRB is to evaluate research ethics by reviewing research methods related to their potential harm to different groups. An IRB Administrator is an individual who oversees and manages systems, structures, and operations of the IRB related to policy, process, procedures, and records.

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