About the CIP® Council
The Council for Certification of IRB Professionals (CIP® Council) is charged with overseeing the examination content, eligibility guidelines, and recertification guidelines for the Certified IRB Professional credential. The CIP Council is made up of a group of certified, volunteer subject-matter experts who reflect the diversity of skills, expertise, and backgrounds of the HRPP/IRB field. The CIP® Council works closely with both PRIM&R and with PSI, the company that provides professional testing and management services, in developing exam questions and examinations.
Council member responsibilities include drafting and editing exam questions; reviewing exam forms; and reviewing exam and recertification applications. The CIP® Council works with PRIM&R and PSI to ensure that exam content, as well as the eligibility and recertification criteria, align with current practice.
The CIP® Council is overseen by the Certification Committee of the PRIM&R Board of Directors. The Certification Committee puts out calls for new members approximately every eighteen months. Council members serve three-year terms, with an option to renew.
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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 Liaison
Jennifer Jost
Certification Coordinator
Members
Leonard Caruana, CIP
Director—Research Subject Protection
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Elizabeth Dayag, BA, MLS, CIP
IRB Manager Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Tiffany Gommel, MS, CIP
IRB Director
National Institutes of Health
Dawn Prospect, MHSA, CHRC, CIP
Director, Human Research Protections Broward Health
Jason M. Rush, BS, CIP
Senior Director, Regulatory
Advarra
Katie Sellers, CIP
HRPP Director
East Tennessee State University