CIP® Council
Call for CIP® Council Members
If you have an interest in helping to steward PRIM&R's certification program for those in HRPP/IRB administration, the CIP® Council is seeking candidates for Council membership positions to begin in May 2026. Apply now! Applications are due by April 20, 2026.
The CIP® Council, responsible for co-managing the CIP® certification program, is seeking candidates for three Council membership positions to begin in May 2026. Eligible candidates must be CIPs in good standing and commit to serve on Council for up to a three-year term (with an option to renew for one additional term). Council members represent diverse institutions, organizations, areas of expertise, subject population, and geographic areas.
Council members receive recertification credit for their full participation in Council activities. In recognition of their service to the organization, PRIM&R extends fee waivers to the PRIM&R Annual Conference for all Council members and reimburses travel costs for required in-person activities.
Duties of CIP® Council members include, but are not limited to:
- Active participation in approximately four business conference calls a year
- Active participation in the exam development process
- Active participation at an annual business meeting
- Active participation in annual item reviews, during which Council members edit exam questions
- Active participation in exam reviews, during which Council members provide feedback on draft examinations prepared by PSI, the testing company contracted by PRIM&R
- Active participation in one of the subgroups assigned to review examination and recertification by continuing education applications or to review educational programs for continuing education credit
- Development of at least ten new exam items (questions) per year
- Commitment to adhere to PRIM&R’s mission, vision, core values, and the CIP® Code of Ethics
- Willingness to sign an annual conflict of interest disclosure and update it as necessary, disclosing potential conflicts when appropriate, in accordance with PRIM&R’s policies
- Willingness to sign a confidentiality agreement
The CIP® Council is accountable to the PRIM&R Board of Directors through its Certification Committee. The Council is made up of 7-12 members, and is led by co-chairs. Applications, including a personal statement that details why you would like to serve on the CIP® Council and two letters of recommendation, must be submitted via this form by April 20, 2026. We ask that those writing letters of recommendation do so in the support of one candidate only.
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CIP® Council Co-Chairs
Kelley O’Donoghue, MPH, CIP
Human Subject Research Compliance Consultant Kelley O'Donoghue Consulting, LLC
Hallie Kassan, MS, CIP
IRB Director
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Staff Liaisons
Jennifer Jost
Certification Coordinator
Jen Doiron
Certification Assistant
Members
Elizabeth Dayag, BA, MLS, CIP
IRB Manager Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Hiromi Martorano, PhD, CIP
Assistant Director of Exempt and Expedited Review
Mass General Brigham
Dawn Prospect, MHSA, CHRC, CIP
Director, Human Research Protections Broward Health
David C. Matesanz, JD, CIP
Senior Counsel, Research Studies
Apple
Katie Sellers, CIP
HRPP Director
East Tennessee State University